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The Crusades 1095-1291
AWH Pages 152-153
1. Where is the holy land that Jesus had lived and died for Christians?
2. Who was the Pope that called for a Holy War in 1095 to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims?
3. What was the first disorganized crusade called?
4. Which crusade did the Muslims recapture Jerusalem? Who was the leader of the Muslims?
5. What did the Christians do during the Fourth Crusade?
6. What event basically ended the Crusaders for Christians?
7. Which English ruler led a Crusade for the Christians?
8. What six (6) things did a boy have to learn to become a Knight?
9. Education of a knight emphasized four things. List what they were?
10. What were the titles and the ages that a boy would go through to the stage of Knighthood?
11. What did the crusades actually do for Europeans?
12. What types of goods did Europeans become fascinated with from East Asia? Name four (4)
13. What happened between the years of 1147 and 1149?
14. What happened in 1212?
15. What happened between 1248 and 1254?
16. What happened in 1291?
The Crusades
1095-1291
1. Where is the holy land that Jesus had lived and died for Christians?
Palestine
2. Who was the Pope that called for a Holy War in 1095 to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims?
Pope Urban II
3. What was the first disorganized crusade called?
The People’s Crusade
4. Which crusade did the Muslims recapture Jerusalem? Who was the leader of the Muslims?
The Third Crusade
Salah ad-Din or Saladin
5. What did the Christians do during the Fourth Crusade?
They turned against the eastern Christians of the Byzantine Empire and sacked Constantinople
6. What event basically ended the Crusaders for Christians?
Muslims destroyed the Christian outposts in the Holy Land
7. Which English ruler led a Crusade for the Christians?
Richard the Lion-Hearted
8. What six (6) things did a boy have to learn to become a Knight?
Horsemanship, archery, wrestling, the use of a sword, shield, and a lance
9. Education of a knight emphasized four things. List what they were?
Christian piety, honor, respect for women, and protection and compassion for the helpless
10. What were the titles and the ages that a boy would go through to the stage of Knighthood?
Page – age of 12
Squire or apprentices to a knight – age 14
Knight – by the age of 21
11. What did the crusades actually do for Europeans?
Stimulated Europeans with contact by Byzantines and Muslims to the goods from the East
12. What types of goods did Europeans become fascinated with from East Asia? Name four (4)
Rugs, Tapestries, Spices, and exotic foods
13. What happened between the years of 1147 and 1149?
The Second Crusade begins in France; it ends with the crusaders failing to regain what had
been lost
14. What happened in 1212?
The ill-fated “Children’s Crusade”, thousands of children leave for the Holy Land, only to die
en route or be captured and sold into slavery
15. What happened between 1248 and 1254?
Louis IX of France goes on the crusade to Egypt, where he is captured and later ransomed
16. What happened in 1291?
The Christian city of Acres falls to the Muslims (Islam); the Crusaders are effectively at an end