Crusade Basics
What city was considered the Holy Land?
What is Jerusalem?
Who conquered and mistreated the Christians in 1070's?
Who were the Turks?
The Turks practice this religion.
What is Islam?
The number of crusades to the Holy Land
What is 8?
People from all walks of life.
Who went on Crusade.
Another name for Crusade.
What is Holy War?
for centuries who had governed Jerusalem?
Who are the Muslims?
This was the single most common reason for crusading.
What is piety (religious)?
The Crusades can be explained as this.
What were a series of wars during the Middle Ages where Christians of Europe tried to retake control of Jerusalem?
Jerusalem was important to Muslims for this reason.
What is Where Muhammed ascended into Heaven?
For a Crusade to be considered official, this person had to sanction it.
Who is the Pope?
The Christian pilgrims were tolerated in Jerusalem for this reason.
Because they helped the economy.
Jerusalem was important to the Jew for this reason.
What is the site of the original temple to God built by King Solomon?
Two important military orders.
Who were the Knights Templar and Hospitaller?
Jerusalem was important to Christians for this reason.
What is where Jesus was crucified and rose again?
A Crusade was conducted against groups seen as enemies of this kingdom.
What is Christendom?
A warrior of the Middle Ages who fought on horseback, served the king and held a special military rank.
What is a knight?
This man saw a way to harness energy of crusaders and made a speech telling them to take back Jerusalem.
Who is Pope Urban II?
Upon the success of the First Crusade the Europeans set this up in Jerusalem.
What is a king of Jerusalem?
A knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher.
What is a Knight Templar?
Most recently, historians recognize campaigns against the following groups.
Who were the heretics, pagans and Muslims?
This centuries long series of battles by Christian states was an important precursor to crusade activity.
What was the Reconquista of Spain?
Often called the Eastern Roman Empire, existed from
330 AD -1443 AD.
What was the Byzantine empire?
Pope Urban II made his speech calling for Crusade at this Council in 1095.
What is Council of Claremont?
To go on a pilgrimage, a holy journey of personal salvation was known as what?
What is a crusade?