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The Middle Ages
A SAD TIME PERIOD FOR WESTERN CIV. . .
The Crusades
 Since Constantine and the council of Nicaea of
325 AD Europe was a Christian nation
 In the East the Byzantine empire fought with
surging Islamic forces for control over the
Mediterranean and the Holy Land
 The Islamic forces controlled the Holy Land in
1094
Crusades
 Pope Urban II called for Christians to unite to drive
the Islamic groups out of the holy land
 First Crusade: fought by a combined total of over
10,000 Christians regained the Holy Land
 Was this justified?
 Whose land was it?
Crusades
 “ The population was put to the sword by the
crusaders, who pillaged for a week. . .they
slaughtered more than 70,000 people, among them a
large number of Imams and scholars who had sought
peace and refuge”
 “The Jews had gathered in their synagogues and
were burnt alive. They also destroyed the tomb of
Abraham and many monuments to the saints”
Third Crusade in 1187
 Saladin vs Richard I of England
 Battle of Acre: 2,700 prisoners of Richard and the
Saladin Tithe
 After the Crusade Saladin frees many Christians and
donates his money to the poor
 Free Write: Is what Richard and other Crusaders did
acceptable by Christians? Is it in harmony with the Bible?
100 Years War
 Two Christian nations at odds
 Edwards’ vs Charles’ or England vs France
 England starts the butt-kicking (Agincourt) and the
French have to resort to using a girl. . . . What!
 Joan of Arc and the battle of Orleans
 Charles lets Joan (national hero of France) be burned at the
stake