HIST 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Alexios I Komnenos, Pope Gregory Vii, Pope Urban Ii
14 Jan 2017
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Jordan, europe in the high middle ages, 5-19, 85-112. Readings, four accounts of the first crusade, 352-373. Historical context in the east: the rise of the seljuk turks, and their impact on. Peter the hermit and the people"s crusade. The prince"s crusade and the taking of jerusalem. Attempt to control violence among the lay people. Bishop of hippo, wrote about holy war, violence in the. Holy war and it"s context with sin and christian teachings. Established more power in a centralized church, solidified as the ultimate power in the christian church, had sway in lay power. Turks confederation of tribes, in the 10th century division of power. Create great seljuk empire c. 1040, first battle to get a main chunk of land in the east and 1071, they got the other half. Not dealing with the same caliphates anymore, this is the turks on the other side of the battle not umayyads or abbasids.
