There were actually two Crusades during the late 1090s. The “People’s Crusade” was a popular movement led by Peter the Hermit, a charismatic preacher who whipped crowds of believers into a religious frenzy as he passed through Western Europe recruiting for the crusade. In a religious frenzy...
The Crusades were a series of holy wars called by the popes of the Roman Catholic Church from the 11th century to the 13th century. The objective of...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
Between 1095 and 1400 there were some nine Crusades or expeditions of Western (European) Christians into the Eastern Mediterranean designed to recover the Holy Land from Muslim hands. These were encouraged by the Catholic Church and involved the death of thousands of people. The Prologue to the C...
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Crusades Dbq The First Crusade in 1096-1099 was only the start of the many bloody crusades which would follow in the next couple hundred years. The pope of the Roman Catholic Church started the First Crusade with the goal of taking back Jerusalem from the Turks. Pope Urban II declared the...
By warding off the Jews, I am fighting for the Lord's work.” Hitler, however, was not doing God’s work. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, a book explaining the Catholic teachings, says, “Scripture specifies the prohibition contained in the fifth commandment: ‘Do not slay the ...
wow, it’s great fun to see christians try to minimize the harm that they’ve done in the name of their god. Let’s see, the crusades where they killed for their god and also attacked other christians. the various religious wars between catholic and protestant royalty. The inquisition. th...
A few centuries earlier, one of the many problems Martin Luther had with the Catholic Church was the idea that the clergy should be celibate, which he felt encouraged the “sinful” act of masturbation.As he stated, “Nature never lets up… We are all driven to the secret sin. To say ...
How many Catholics were killed in the Holocaust? Hitler's attitude toward the Catholic Church: Adolph Hitler was raised Catholic but as an adult he completely rejected the Catholic Church and teaching believing them to contrary to the platform of the National Socialist Party and a threat to its...
Were the Puritans persecuted in England?Puritans:The Puritans were concerned about the pervasion of Catholic rituals in the Anglican Church. They contended that such rituals compromised people's spirituality and relationship with God.Answer and Explanation: ...