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Culture Shock?. The Crusades. Objectives. Give a mini-lecture typical of a college classroom on the 1 st , 3 rd , and 4 th Crusades. Address the issue of cross-cultural contact, particularly as it pertains to violence.
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Culture Shock? The Crusades
Objectives • Give a mini-lecture typical of a college classroom on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Crusades. • Address the issue of cross-cultural contact, particularly as it pertains to violence. • Discuss the difficulties of teaching the Crusades in a 7th Grade Classroom setting.
Crusade…what is it? • “crusade” is a very specific term: • Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims • A holy war undertaken with papal sanction • More recently it, has come to mean other things: • a vigorous concerted movement for a cause or against an abuse • Some people refer to the War on Terror (and the associtated wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) as a crusade
The First Crusade • 1095 • Urban II • Alexius Comnenus
The First Crusade Peter the Hermit’s Crusade Also called Paupers’ Crusade, Childrens’ Crusade, Peasants’ Crusade…etc.
The First Crusade • The Aftermath • The Crusader States
The Third Crusade • 1189 • Gregory VII • Salah ad-Din • Frederick I (Barbarossa)
The Third Crusade • The Push • The Battles • Siege of Acre • Battle of Arsuf • Jaffa
The Third Crusade • The Assassins • The Baldwin Kings • Richard the Lionheart
A Side Trip Back to England… • Prince John moves in • The Robin Hood legend begins to take shape • Richard was the real “bad guy”
Fourth Crusade • The Sack of Constantinople
And the Rest of Them • Fifth Crusade…1217 • Leopold IV of Austria and Andrew II of Hungary • Sixth Crusade…1228 • Gregory IX and HRE Frederick II • Seventh Crusade…1245 • Louis IX of France (alias St. Louis) • Eighth and Ninth Crusades…1270/1271 • Louis IX and Edward I of England (Longshanks) • The Sicilian Vespers, 1282
Points to Remember • The First Crusade was the most successful • Each successive Crusade was greeted with less enthusiasm than the last • Most popular knowledge of the Crusades comes from the Third Crusade (and largely through the Robin Hood story) • Muslims and Christians worked together for a time • Some of the most atrocious acts were committed against fellow Christians and Jews, not Muslims.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly • The Good • Aristotle comes to Europe (double entry) • Math! • Trade (temporary)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly • The Bad • “National” rivalries • Jerusalem • Final blow to the reconciliation of the Church
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly • The Ugly • The Sack of Constantinople • The Spanish Inquisition • The Black Death?
Your Turn What are the challenges you face when teaching the Crusades in your classroom?