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U4LG2.5 – The Crusades
Unit 4 Learning Goal 2.5: Explain how the Crusades, the
Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War, and the Great
Schism contributed to the end of medieval Europe and
describe how new political ideas emerged in Europe at the
end of the Middle Ages. (TEKS/SE’s 4D,4G, 20B)
What is my goal?
How am I going to achieve this goal?
A
200 year period of 9 separate military
expeditions in which the Western European
Christians attempted to retake the “Holy Land”
(Jerusalem) from the Muslim Empire.
1093 – Byzantine emperor Alexius
sends a request for help
to the West.
H.R.E.
1071 – Byzantines are defeated at
Battle of Manzikert by the
Seljuk Turks.
Byzantine.
Seljuk Turks
Muslim Empire
1095 – Pope Urban II calls for
the First Crusade in a
speech given at
Clermont, France.
Join the Crusades Today!
Why help out the Byzantine Empire?
1. Opportunity to be in power over
Orthodox church
2. Liberate holy city from Infidels
(nonbelievers)
Why join the crusades?
• “All who die shall have immediate
remission [forgiveness] of sins.
Europeans took control of
The First
Crusade:
Jerusalem
in July
1099.
Put everyone in the city to
death
Set up 4 crusader states
surrounded by Muslims
 Jerusalem fell to
Saladin… Muslim leader
 prompting the Second
and Third Crusades.
the THIRD CRUSADE.
In response to the Pope’s call for this new
Crusade, three Western rulers chose to
lead their forces in person.
These were Richard I, the Lion-Hearted of
England,
Philip II of France,
and Frederick I, known
as Frederick Barbarossa,
the Holy Roman
Emperor.
EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES
Repeated failures led to the reduced power of Popes
Byzantine Empire is weakened; Turks will now move in
 Religious intolerance grows – against Jews (anti-Semitism);
and against Muslims; contributes to increasing distrust
Muslims have of western Christians
While lords/knights absent; in Europe Kings secure their lands
Trade grows again between West and East –
 improves the Western European’s diet
Creates a money economy in Europe again;
undermining the old Manor system
Europeans become curious about world (further exploration)
discover knowledge and technology of Arabs
Arabic numerals (better than Roman / and a Zero too!!!)
Algebra
Preserved writings of Greeks (Aristotle!) & Romans
Astrolabe
PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.