Why was the First Crusade successful?
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- Created on: 12-02-18 16:40
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- Why was the First Crusade successful?
- Muslim Disunity
- 1098 - Siege Antioch Ridwan of Aleppo Duqaq of Damsacus Kerbogha of Mosul.
- Failed bc attacked alone - did not unify
- Fatamids left J to Egypt before Crusaders arrived
- Hoped Crusaders in J would be a buffer between the Turks
- Riley-Smith "Turkish rulers were more hostile towards each other than the Christians"
- 1098 - Siege Antioch Ridwan of Aleppo Duqaq of Damsacus Kerbogha of Mosul.
- Leadership
- Princes
- Godfrey of Bouillon (Crusader King)
- Found weak spot in walls of J and moved siege tower to it
- Bohemond of Taranto
- 1097 Dorylaeum kept such tight control Muslim forces couldn't break ranks
- Almost defeated but Godfrey arrived just in time
- Godfrey of Bouillon (Crusader King)
- Found weak spot in walls of J and moved siege tower to it
- Godfrey of Bouillon (Crusader King)
- Almost defeated but Godfrey arrived just in time
- 1097 Dorylaeum kept such tight control Muslim forces couldn't break ranks
- Godfrey of Bouillon (Crusader King)
- Pope Urban II
- Proclaimed Crusade
- Set goal of J "J is the navel of the World" - Robert the Monk's version of Urban's speech
- Then he lost control and had no further input on the Crusade.
- Princes
- Religious Motivation
- Reaction to Urban's speech proved religious motivations were dominant
- Peter Bartholomew and the Holy Lance - renewed morale
- Captured Antioch bc its importance to Christianity - was the first church in Christendom (Acts)
- Tactics and Strategy
- Christians charge, heavily armed with knights and couched lances.
- Muslims used fire in motion. Archers on horseback moving quickly
- Strategy was siege warfare to take cities - Muslims bad at holding cities
- Played to Muslim's weaknesses
- Took cities to provide a base and resources to reach J
- Muslim Disunity
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