HIST109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Purgatory, Indulgence, Pope Urban Ii
29 Mar 2018
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How the battle cry of the crusades shook world. The high middle ages thesis: on november 27, 1095. Pope urban the ii leader of christian population, sounded the call for first crusade. The siege of jerusalem in 1099 the crusader states of outremer: county of edessa, principality of antioch, county of tripoli, kingdom of jerusalem. Europeans develop early techniques of colonization by building infrastructure and exploiting natural resources. Muslims recovered quickly: goes to reconquer the county of edessa and defeat the franks on the day of. Christmas reaction to muslims taking edessa, second crusade in the middle east. Battle of the horns of hattin july 4, 1187. British and french kings fail to reconquer all crusade states (tyre only one left) Pope calls for fourth crusade: example of how pope can lose control over crusading army, army set off without papal leader, marched off to constantinople instead forgetting that they are on the same side.
