A Way with Words
A journey undertaken for a religious purpose.
What is a pilgrimage?
Something that a group of people strongly believe in and are willing to fight for.
What is a cause?
He gave an inspiring speech urging Christians to free the shrines of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Who is Pope Urban II?
The act of taking control of a country, area, or group by using force or war.
What is conquest?
The Crusades were a long series of holy wars fought between these two major religious groups.
Who are the Christians and Muslims?
To change from one belief or religion to another.
What is to convert?
A Christian who participated in religious wars during the Middle Ages.
What is a crusader?
The Byzantine emperor who asked for the pope’s help in recapturing the Holy Land.
Who is Alexius I?
In 1453, the Ottoman Turks succeeded in capturing this city.
What is Constantinople?
European Christians traveled thousands of miles during the Crusades to capture this specific holy city.
What is Jerusalem?
A person who does not follow the ideas of a religion.
What is a heretic?
Someone who does not believe in a certain religion or rejects its teachings.
What is an infidel?
King Richard led the Crusaders in the Third Crusade. He was also known by this name.
Who is Richard the Lionhearted?
This person contributed much to the medical field and wrote a book called the Canon of Medicine.
Who is Ibn Sina?
To show they were fighting for their religion, Crusaders wore this red symbol on their tunics and shields.
What is a cross?
Related to religion; holy.
What is sacred?
To think quietly or carefully about something.
What is to meditate?
Muslims had control of Jerusalem, known as this.
What is the Holy Land?
Muslim Seljuk Turks were conquering parts of the this empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
These people travel to holy places for religious reasons, and their mistreatment in Jerusalem was a big reason the Crusades began.
Who are pilgrims?
The act of planning and directing the movement of a ship, plane, or other vehicle.
What is navigation?
A person whose job is copying written information.
What is a scribe?
This group of Muslims were conquering parts of the Byzantine Empire and Alexius I wanted help turning them back.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
The Muslims were led in the Third Crusade by this ruler of Egypt and Syria.
Who is Saladin?
Of all the major attempts by European armies, this numbered Crusade was the only one that actually succeeded in capturing Jerusalem (First, Second or Third).
What is the First Crusade?