May 22

Today in western civ we cam in and we told what the outcome of the class was. For the first couple of minutes we worked on whatever we wanted while Jacob took a test. Once he was done we took notes on a new powerpoint. Once we were done that we reviewed for the test we were having on Thursday.

  • The Crusades
  • Age of faith
  • holy Roman Empire is the strongest known kingdom in Europe
  • church has considerable spiritual and political power
  • 500 massive Gothic cathedrals are built throughout Europe in 1170-1270
  • Jerusalem 
  • Late in the 11th century it was controlled by muslims
  • Islam 3rd holiest city
  • holy city of Jews, holy city to Christians 
  • Places
  • Dome of Rock Islam
  • Church of the Holy Sepulcher Christians
  • Western wall Judaism
  • Emperor Alexis Communes wrote a letter to Pope Urban II
  • Pope Urban II put out the call for Christians to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims Turks
  • Began 200 years of religious sanctioned military campaigns from 1095-1291
  • Crusade means taking of the cross (Crux)
  • these soldiers of the church took vows to take back the holy land
  • Pope promised those who died in the endeavor would receive immediate remission for their sin
  • Religious intolerance grows
  • Muslims don't trust christians
  • trade is growing in the Middle East
  • Crusades lean from Muslim
Then once we were done this class was over and we left.

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