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The Crusades

The Crusades. Aim: What was the goal of the crusades? Did the Crusaders achieve their goal? Do Now : Goal of Crusades Worksheet. Crusades. The Crusades were a series of battles between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East.

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The Crusades

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  1. The Crusades Aim: What was the goal of the crusades? Did the Crusaders achieve their goal? Do Now: Goal of Crusades Worksheet

  2. Crusades • The Crusadeswere a series of battles between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East. • Christian knights wanted to take the Holy Land and give it back to Christians.

  3. The Crusaders were also looking for the relics (holy artifacts) of Christianity. • Can you name any? • The Holy Grail (cup that held some of Christ’s blood from cross) • Spear of Destiny (spear which Roman Soldier poked Christ on cross) • Ark of the Covenant (held the 10 Commandments) • Christ Burial Shroud (cloth that covered Christ in tomb) • Cross (Christ’s) Pieces scattered all throughout the world • and many others

  4. The Shroud of Turin

  5. Why was Constantinople so important geographically?

  6. Prior to Crusades Jerusalem itself was a multicultural city. Jews, Moslems and Christians all lived together harmoniously. Christians on pilgrimages to Jerusalem were freely allowed across to the Holy Places

  7. Crusades • Thousands of knights and “barbarian” soldiers united under Christianity attacked Muslims and Jews in Turkey and Jerusalem to gain the land for Christians.

  8. Alexius I of Byzantine Empire Asked For Help and Pope Urban II Called For the 1st Crusade

  9. The Crusades The Crusades were a series of eight (8) military campaigns to the Holy Land and Jerusalem. The Christians (Crusaders) were fighting the Muslims for control of Jerusalem, the Christians most holy city. The Christians took control of Jerusalem, but then lost it again.

  10. Impact of the Crusades • Persecution of Jews and Muslims • Economic development via trade (Italian City-States) Genoa & Venice • Kings and popes, gained power as a result & beginning of the breakdown of Feudalism • Improvements in Technology

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