HIST 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Abbasid Caliphate, Romanos Iv Diogenes, Byzantine Empire Under The Isaurian Dynasty
8 Sep 2016
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Pope urban ii gave speech to knights which urged them to fight: surprising because they were there for the truce of god. Truce of god and earlier peace of god were to persuade knights to restrain in harming women, children, and peasants and to prevent fighting on sacred days. Tried to divert european soldiers to foreign campaigns: his war is later known as first crusade (crusade = war of the cross) Urban called warriors pilgrims (who were not supposed to bear arms or shed blood) Claimed this new war was different and had different rules. Killing christians was an act of self-sanctification (warrior swords purified the opponent"s soul) Wanted franks to be loosened on the enemies of god (they defended too long and lost too much so they should begin to take offensive and destroy) Pilgrim-soldier descendants would one day build global colonial empires. Islam"s crest and byzantium"s resurgence: europe had no infrastructure or culture for political unification.
