Causes Of The Crusades

Causes of the crusades H.S.S. 7.6.6

Causes & Course of the Crusades and their effects on the religious populations of Europe.

What were the Crusades?

A religious war between Christians and Muslims for the control of “the Holy Land.”

Food for thoughtWhat is a Crusade?

any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc.

A crusade is also a war declared by a Pope.How might a Crusade benefit?

The Pope?A Knight?A Lord?A Merchant?

“one mans crusade is another man’s terrorism” If you were Muslim you would call the crusades the Frankish

invasion, after the group of people invading your land.Pilgrimages and Christianity

Holy Relics & Sites

Causes of the

Crusades

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Before the CrusadesMuslims allowed Christian pilgrims to

Jerusalem because it brought new sources of revenue.

Christian pilgrimages were a way of being forgiven for your sins.

Violence is ripping apart Europe as Nobles are fighting among themselves.

Famine beginning to spread across the Continent as mini ice age slows crop production

Causes of the

Crusades

Seljuk Turks invade

Jerusalem

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Seljuk Turks Persian MuslimsDid not allow

Christian Pilgrims into Jerusalem.

Persecuted Christians who were there.

Violence escalates and 3000 Christians are massacred

Causes of the

Crusades

Seljuk Turks invade

Jerusalem

Turks Kill 3k

Christians

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A letter from byzantine…

With the massacre Byzantine Emperor Alexis sends a letter to Pope Urban Asking for Help… he will regret this later.

What Pope Urban II said… The pleading from Alexis was just

what the Pope wanted to hear. (they didn’t get along and now he needed his help)

1095 Pope made a speech in France in it he passed along this message

“You common people who have

been miserable sinners, become

soldiers of Christ! You nobles, do

not [quarrel] with one another.

Use your arms in a just war!

Labor for everlasting reward.”

Causes of the

Crusades

Seljuk Turks invade

Jerusalem

Turks Kill 3k Christians

Merchants & Pope want

Trade Routes?

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Causes of the

Crusades

Seljuk Turks invade

Jerusalem

Turks Kill 3k Christians

Merchants & Pope want

Trade Routes

European nobles fighting

among themselves

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Causes of the

Crusades

Seljuk Turks invade

Jerusalem

Turks Kill 3k Christians

Merchants & Pope want

Trade Routes

European nobles fighting

among themselves

Regain Control of the “Holy

Land”

Regaining the Holy Land