the crusades

Today in class we took notes on the crusades and the holy war, here are some notes that we took today… 

  • It's the Age of Faith
  • The Holy Roman Empire is 
the strongest kingdom in Europe
  • The Church has considerable 
spiritual and political power
  • Over 500 massive Gothic cathedrals 
(Cities of God) are built throughout 
Europe between 1170 and 1270
 1st Crusade (1095-1099):Christians take Jerusalem; Muslims take it back in 1144
2nd Crusade (1147-1149):Muslims keep Jerusalem, but Christians take Lisbon, Portugal 
3rd Crusade (1187-1192):Richard the Lionheart and Saladin work a deal: Muslims control Jerusalem, but Christians can worship there
4th Crusade (1202-1204): Crusaders get distracted and sack Constantinople, creating a huge rift between the eastern (Byzantine) Church and the western (Catholic) Church; then there's the Children's Crusade - a horrible idea, if it actually occurred
5th Crusade (1217-1221):Muslims beat Christians in Egypt 
6th Crusade (1228-1229): Christians take Jerusalem, let Muslims have Dome of the Rock; Muslims take it back in 1244 
7th Crusade (1248-1254):Muslims fight off Christians
8th Crusade (1270): no resolution 

9th Crusade (1271-1272):  any remaining Franks in the Middle East are either massacred or enslaved 

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