1. Europe meets the Middle east
The Crusades
Europe meets the Middle east

2. Introduction
Timeline:
What was life like?

3. What was life like? 1096- The people of Europe
Life was hard, brutal, short
Not much food
No education
Not stupid, but certainly naïve
The life of ordinary people was ruled by the church

4. What was life like? The Church
ORIGINAL SIN: taught people that they were being punished for sins of Adam & Eve. Guilty when born.
That life would be better in heaven, but had to earn their way in
That forgiveness could get you to heaven, but you had to get it from church, sometimes even buying it.

5. Knights and nobles Primogeniture: oldest son inherits land & wealth
2nd and 3rd, 4th sons often became knights
Armed, armored, bored, standing around with nothing to do when not at war what would this lead to?
TROUBLE!

6. Strong boys with sharp toys looking for a fight
Church leaders disliked all these unemployed troublemakers
What to do?

7. 2 kinds of Christianity
Remember what happened to the Roman Empire and Christian church in 476ce?
It split in half, along with Christianity.
One side centered in Rome
The other, the Byznatine Empire centered in Constantinople

8. The pope in Rome had an Idea…
The Turks (Muslims) were threatening the borders of the Eastern Empire (Byzantium)
Emperor Alexis Comena asked Pope Urban II in Rome for help.
He took all those bored, misbehaving knights and promised them land and forgiveness if they could reunite Christianity and Europe under the Western Pope.

9. The Crusades: “War of the Cross”
People’s Crusade: 1096
To conquer the Holy land (HL)
The first Crusade: (HL)
The years after:
Creation of the Templars and Hospitallers
The Second Crusade:
To recapture the holy land
The Third Crusade: (HL)
Fourth Crusade:
Capture Constantinople
The Children’s Crusade: 1212
Bring goodness/innocence to quest
Fifth Crusade:
Establish base in Egypt
Sixth Crusade: 1228 (HL)
Seventh Crusade: (Egypt & HL)
Eighth Crusade:
Bay of Tunis to Christianity & capture Holy places

10. Results?
Aside from the century of bloodshed, physical loss, and animosity between Christians and Islam, there were more subtle changes as well.

11. Results… New things brought home
Spices (cumin, coriander, pepper, paprika)
Manners (song, art, behavior)
Foods (middle eastern cuisine)
Learning (algebra, engineering, design)
Weapons (scimitar, siege weapons)

12. Change at home…
The people returning from the crusades also saw more of the world and their view changed.
For the first time, they began to question the church and its motives.
They were given a chance to ignore their lords and masters.
They began to question the universe around them.
Have you ever travelled? Where? Has your worldview ever changed?

13. This leads them to begin the…