The crusades were soldiers that would fight battles against other religions. The people who would sign up their sins would be forgiven. The crusades were a series of holy wars and they . Many people lost their lives fighting the wars and a lot of their lands were destroyed. There were more negative results then positive results because lots of people died and most their land was ruined.The crusades results were mostly negative because they would fail most of their goals. They left a bitter legacy on religious hatred. Also Christians and muslims would commit crimes of the name of religion and would be attacked by other religions. Document 1 states that ”In the middle east, both christians and muslims committed appalling atrocities in the …show more content…
name of religon. In Europe, Crusaders sometimes turned their fury against Jews, massacred entire communities.” This is important information because it shows that the results were more negative because they had fury against the Jews and destroyed their communities and most of their homes. Document 4 states that “Moreover, the assaulted of one of the christians people on another, when one of the goals of the fourth crusade was reunion of the Greek Latin churches, made the split between the Greek Latin churches permanent.
That is relevant because the fourth crusade, one of their goals were to reunite the Greek Latin churches but it only made it worse and made them split up and got assaulted. That is a major reason on how the crusades had its negative outcomes than positive outcomes.Those are some reasons on why the crusades were mostly poor results than good results.There are many different reasons why there were lots more negative outcomes than positive results for instance lots of people would lose their lives and their homes and communities would be destroyed. Document 5 states that “ First, the long struggle between islam and Christendom and the examples of persecuted set by Christian kings and prelates (bishops) left an inheritance of deep bitterness; relations between Muslims and their Christians and jewish subjects worsened.” This is important information because the they left a deep bitterness and made a worse connection between the muslims and the jewish subjects. That caused problems for the crusades and would lead to more negative
results. Document 6 states that “The 4th crusade was a wasteful and destructive event that resulted only in further dividing the Christian world. That is important because they divided more the christians instead of bringing them together. Also there was really no point of the 4th crusade because like document 6 says “The 4th crusade was a wasteful and destructive event”.The crusades were negitive in all of this reasons that caused the christains to divide more and left a great bitteress. In conclusion the crusades were a series of holy wars that were mostly negative results that positive results. There were mainly negative outcomes because lots of people would lose their live fighting or their homes or even be seriously injured or diseased. Another reason were because they failed their mission on freeing the holy land and their other goals as well. That proves very well that the Crusades were mostly negative in all of those reasons why.
Christian and Muslim had been fighting over the Holy Land and which is the better. When Jew wasn’t part of the Crusades, they randomly got pulled in and christian started killing them.Document 1 states that “In the Middle East, both Christians and Muslims committed appalling atrocities
In Thomas F. Madden’s The New Concise History of the Crusades, he is able to effectively give an accurate depiction of the Crusades in a story-like manner. The expansive and convoluted history of the Crusades has been marred by myths and misconceptions about the true nature of these “holy wars”. In his history, Madden seeks to correct these maladies that plague the Crusades by using concrete evidence to support his claims. Although Madden does an excellent job in condensing the history of the Crusades into 225 pages, there are some improvements that he could have made in his history in order to make it less opinionated and more critical. This paper will criticize the effectiveness of Madden’s arguments and presentation of themes. The doctrine of “holy war”, the place of military leadership and rivalry, and the response of Muslim states and military leaders are all important themes addressed in The New Concise History of the Crusades that will be analyzed to extract Madden’s true intentions, concerns, and assumptions.
The crusades for the most part, are largely misunderstood. The Crusaders were not gullible, or stupid to travel so far, but rather, patriots for Christ. Although Europe was left in poor hands, they were still cheered on. The crusades were, in fact, triggered by Muslim aggression.
In document 1 by Pope Urban II, he stated that the Christians in the west should defend their fellow brethren in the east. He went on to state that Romania had been conquered and had to be taken back from the Turks and Arabs. The subjects had to fight for the land that they stand on to continue being good Christians. If you died fighting for this, you would get instant remission of sins, meaning you would be forgiven for all of their sins. He was the Pope; therefore, he stood on a different level than his subjects, and did not know how they felt about this matter. He had absolute power over everyone as the leader of their religion. In document 2 by Ekkehard in his book Hierosolymita, he praises the speech that Pope Urban gave in 1095 and told of how it le...
Although the crusades were seen as failures during their time, the crusades had a huge impact on the world. This impact can be seen through the many social, political, economic, and religious changes that developed during the crusades. Some of these changes still last to this day.
After the disappointments of the Third Crusade the Christian forces would never again threaten the real bases of Muslim power. From the end of the Third Crusade and on they were only able to gain access to Jerusalem through diplomacy, not arms. In 1199 Innocent III called for another Crusade to recapture Jerusalem. To prepare for this crusade, the ruler of Venice had agreed to transport the French and Flemish Crusaders to the Holy Land. However the crusaders never fought the Muslims because more than half of their men did not show up and they were unable to pay the Venetians. This turned into a bargain with the Venetians and once Innocent III learned of their barging he excommunicated the participants. Then there was the Fourth Crusade which
How did the Crusades affect the Christians, Muslims, and Jews? The crusades impacted them all greatly for they were all a key part of the Crusades. Occasionally A religion may get a positive consequence but most of the time it was a negative one. Why did they all want Jerusalem? They all wanted it because it had a religious value to them. For the Jews, it was their spiritual city where the great temple once stood. For the Christians, it was where Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead. Last but not least for the Muslims it was where Muhammad rose to heaven during the night journey.
In 1009, El Hakim, the leader of Jerusalem also considered mentally ill, called for the burning of the Holy Sepulchre (Video Guide). Muslims listened to him and completed his orders. This shows that the Muslims contradicted their stance on religious tolerance and did not take into account whether or not their leader was right or wrong. That caused bad blood between Christians and Muslims, especially from the religious point of view. The second reason as to why the Christians believe that the Crusades were justified was due to the fact that the Turks were attacking Christians in the Holy Lands (Contradict this statement in paragraph 3)....
Obviously the largest problem that came out of the war was the many deaths that were sacrificed for the wrong reasons. Since the crusades had finished because they finally realized it was a lost cause, some may say that those people died for no reason. Other instances where the crusades were bad were the now broken relationship between Jews and Christians and the bitterness between Christians and Muslims. On the first crusade, Christians went through Jewish communities on their way to Jerusalem. Forcefully baptizing them and killing them if they did not convert was not the best way to make the Jews care for the Christians. Christians after the crusades saw them as sacred religious movements, while the Muslims thought of them as the christians trying to expand their territory and rule as much land as they possibly
The Crusades were a bloody time period. They were a military campaign by the pope and the Roman Catholic Church to take back Jerusalem from the Muslims. They lasted from the 11th- 13th century. They were catastrophic and left Europe in ruins. Although the Crusades were such a violent period of time, they had a positive impact in history because of their role in the renaissance and exposing the Western world to the Eastern.
The Second Crusade was undeniably a failure due to division of leadership and troops, bad military commanding, and poor communication. Not only was this the beginning of the fall of the Christian Crusades, "the crusader states would have been fared better have the crusade never been launched" (Madden 59). The loss was tremendous, and although this crusade brought no progress for the Christians, it was none-the-less significant. The failure of the Second Crusade “was the strongest evidence yet that the Franks could lose, and lose big" and significantly strengthened the Muslim army (Madden 58). It was the beginning of the Muslims' rise to power and the Christians' fall from it.
The Crusades had a huge impact on changes in Europe. First it affected the effort of raising/improving military forces and providing supplies for them. Trading was improved especially after the boundaries were set. Also the interactions between the West and East led to European culture changes in art and architecture, literature, mathematics, science and education. The crusades enhanced the power of the Catholic Church, which continues to maintain more followers than any other organized religion. The crusades also brought Europe into closer
The results of the crusades were more negative than positive and here is why. There are many reasons why the crusades were more negative one being that thousands, maybe even millions, of people lost their lives during those times. Another reason was religious hatred. Many people died during the crusades and hated other religions. One of the main reasons the crusades were more negative because thousands of people lost their lives. Document 1 states that crusaders would sometimes just slaughter random Jewish communities.This is relevant because it shows how the crusades were extremely violent and awful times. Document A states that, “ In the Temple of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.” This just fuels the point of
In 1095, the conflict between the Christians and the Muslims started a crusade (a military campaign in defense of Christianity) for the battle of Jerusalem. This crusade involved people of other religions besides Christianity such as the Jews but they did not play a major role during this time. The Crusades lasted almost two decades and consisted of eight different crusades. With all of the events and actions that took during the Crusades, it led too many effects throughout years. There were short term effects and long term effects from the crusades that effected people of all different cultures. Two places which have had many effects from the Crusades are Europe and Islam. The Crusades has had short term and long term effects on power, economic and classical knowledge throughout Europe and Islam.
The events of the Crusades are very important today for many reasons. The first reason it’s still important is that history repeats itself. Since history repeats itself, we now know what not to do, so by avoiding those things it can keep us from another time of Crusades. Another reason the Crusades are important is that there is still conflict between Muslims and Christians. If more people can learn about the Crusades and the reasons it started, society might be able to move on and make amends.