1. Causes of the crusades H.S.S. 7.6.6 Causes & Course of the Crusades and their effects on the religious populations of Europe.

2. What were the Crusades? A religious war between Christians and Muslims for the control of “the Holy Land.”

3. Food for thought What is a Crusade? any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc. A crusade is also a war declared by a Pope. How might a Crusade benefit? The Pope? A Knight? A Lord? A Merchant? “one mans crusade is another man’s terrorism” If you were Muslim you would call the crusades the Frankish invasion, after the group of people invading your land. Pilgrimages and Christianity Holy Relics & Sites

5. Before the Crusades Muslims allowed Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem because it brought new sources of revenue. Christian pilgrimages were a way of being forgiven for your sins. Violence is ripping apart Europe as Nobles are fighting among themselves. Famine beginning to spread across the Continent as mini ice age slows crop production

8. Seljuk Turks Persian Muslims Did not allow Christian Pilgrims into Jerusalem. Persecuted Christians who were there. Violence escalates and 3000 Christians are massacred

10. A letter from byzantine… With the massacre Byzantine Emperor Alexis sends a letter to Pope Urban Asking for Help… he will regret this later.

11. What Pope Urban II said… The pleading from Alexis was just what the Pope wanted to hear. (they didn’t get along and now he needed his help) 1095 Pope made a speech in France in it he passed along this message “You common people who have been miserable sinners, become soldiers of Christ! You nobles, do not [quarrel] with one another. Use your arms in a just war! Labor for everlasting reward.”

17. Regaining the Holy Land