Crusades Dbq

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In 1095, a series of medieval battles, also known as the crusades, began between the Christians and Muslims. Pope Urban II delivered an influential speech to the knights and soldiers to fight and win the “Holy Land” back. He used convincing language as he supports the benefits of war. He states that by doing this, they will be doing God’s desire, giving them a sure passage into heaven, he also says that if whoever kill anyone that is not Christian, will be rewarded; therefore he is using religious ideals to motivate the citizens to battle. After his speech, a large amount of people started their journey to the Holy Land. The main motive behind the crusades was financial gain, but was also religious principles and prizes in the background. …show more content…

The crusaders also attacked many different cities to gain more money for the Catholic Church. On the crusades there was a number of opportunities for individuals to get money for themselves by conquering small areas. The main purpose why they conquered cities was to take everything that the previous government possessed. A French crusader sent a letter to his wife in 1098 saying, “My dear wife, I now have twice as much silver, gold and riches as I had n I set off for this Crusade.” Most crusaders went for financial gain, and left their family and loved ones behind so that they could obtain more money and riches to bring back. This shows that one of the reasons for the crusades was for grater financial gain and when the continuation of the crusaders also gave the church more funding and in doing this gave them more power, money was the equivalent of power and this power gave Urban a higher stance and more accesses to political

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