The First Crusade
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- The First Crusade
- Splits in Christendom
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Emperor (Alexios I) is leader of land. Byzantine Patriarch is leader of Church
- Constantinopole
- Byzantine Emperor (Alexios I) is leader of land. Byzantine Patriarch is leader of Church
- Latin/Catholic Church
- Holy Roman Emperor + Pope
- Rome (Pope lives in the Vatican)
- Holy Roman Emperor + Pope
- Armenia - disliked for their different practices
- Split between Spiritual and Temporal power
- Byzantine Empire
- Splits in Muslim World
- Sunni Empire
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Baghdad (have control of Jerusalem)
- Caliph
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Shi'ah Empire
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Cairo (by 969 have taken Jerusalem)
- Caliph
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Sunni Empire
- Why was it called in 1095?
- Aid Byzantines
- No
- Ending Feudal Anarchy
- Aid Byzantines
- Splits in Christendom
- Split between Spiritual and Temporal power
- 1054 - The Great Schism. Pope finds B's don't teach Purgatory, Excommunicated
- Seljuk Turks, expand, 1040: took Persia and Afghanistan, 1055: take Baghdad
- Sunni Empire
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Baghdad (have control of Jerusalem)
- Abbasid Caliphate
- 1070 - at height of power led by Alp Arslan Malikshah
- Sunni Empire
- 1074 Gregory wanted to help after Battle of Manzikert
- Yes
- Aid Byzantines
- No
- 1074 Gregory wanted to help after Battle of Manzikert
- 1094 Alexius I asks for help against Seljuks
- Aid Byzantines
- Gregory abandons plans to help to deal w/German Emperor Henry VI
- Latin and Greek Church not united
- 1054 - The Great Schism. Pope finds B's don't teach Purgatory, Excommunicated
- Yes
- Ending Feudal Anarchy
- Byzantines fight against Rome 1040, Pope supports Normans against Byzantine Emperor - lack of unity
- 1085 Henry VI takes revenge on Pope + attacks Rome
- Yes
- Byzantines fight against Rome 1040, Pope supports Normans against Byzantine Emperor - lack of unity
- Yes
- No
- Crusade will convert Muslim lands
- No
- No
- United Christendom will increase Pope's power
- Increase Pope's power
- Why was it called in 1095?
- Why was it called in 1095?
- Yes
- Increase Pope's power
- Pope Urban II is new and lacks power - forced into position by Normans
- Increase Pope's power
- Henry VI recently attacked Rome in 1084
- Yes
- Pope Urban II is new and lacks power - forced into position by Normans
- Yes
- No
- By launching crusade, Pope regains control over B Emperor
- No
- No
- Unites warring groups in Europe due to war with Turks
- Ultimately gives power back over Christendom
- By launching crusade, Pope regains control over B Emperor
- Unites warring groups in Europe due to war with Turks
- By launching crusade, Pope regains control over B Emperor
- Causes
- War between Muslims + Christians around Jerusalem - Seljuks suddenly took over and dislike Christians
- Causes
- Causes
- Why did people join?
- The First Crusade
- Splits in Christendom
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Emperor (Alexios I) is leader of land. Byzantine Patriarch is leader of Church
- Constantinopole
- Byzantine Emperor (Alexios I) is leader of land. Byzantine Patriarch is leader of Church
- Latin/Catholic Church
- Holy Roman Emperor + Pope
- Rome (Pope lives in the Vatican)
- Holy Roman Emperor + Pope
- Armenia - disliked for their different practices
- Byzantine Empire
- Splits in Muslim World
- Shi'ah Empire
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Cairo (by 969 have taken Jerusalem)
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Shi'ah Empire
- Splits in Christendom
- Knights, lesser nobles and infantry
- The First Crusade
- Noble leaders
- Why did people join?
- Knights, lesser nobles and infantry
- Wanted to protect the Holy Lands and set an example
- Why did people join?
- Salvation as well as a good opportunity to gain more land. Knights etc. wanted to fight - re-direct their violence for good
- People's Crusade
- Wanted salvation, some don't have too much to live for and not much to give up. Ergotism = disease that causes vision (maybe of God?)
- People's Crusade
- People's Crusade
- Why did People's Crusade fail?
- Not united - splits between German and French factions
- Don't wait for rest of crusader knights
- Lack of military training equipment/money
- Why did People's Crusade fail?
- Not united - splits between German and French factions
- Don't wait for rest of crusader knights
- Why did People's Crusade fail?
- Some more focused on 'enemy at home' ie Jews. Often loot people.
- Lack of clear leadership - Peter H does not join them in Anatolia (this causes the other failures)
- Why did the First Crusade succeed in 1099?
- Muslim forces weren't prepared for size etc of crusaders
- Lulled into false sense of security by First Wave
- Muslim disunity ie Arabs vs Turks and Fatamids vs Abbasids
- Urban's call = successful in getting varied group of knights etc
- Why did the First Crusade succeed in 1099?
- Muslim forces weren't prepared for size etc of crusaders
- Lulled into false sense of security by First Wave
- Muslim disunity ie Arabs vs Turks and Fatamids vs Abbasids
- Why did the First Crusade succeed in 1099?
- Religious zeal united the different crusading groups
- Help from Italian Sea Powers
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