Kings
Kings often fought with them over power.
Popes
Series of wars fought for the Holy Land
Crusades
Reason that the Crusades failed (Hint: climate)
The climate in the Holy Land was too hot for the Crusaders
Believing in one God
Monotheism
God's representative on Earth
The Pope
English king that led the Third Crusade.
Richard I, aka Richard the Lionheart
The Crusade which succeeded in capturing Jerusalem.
First Crusade
Reason that the Crusades failed (Hint: distance)
Crusaders had to travel so far just to get to the battlefield.
A journey to a religious location (in any religion)
Pilgrimage
Another word for church officials
clergy
King who was respected by all, including the opposing side.
Richard and Saladin
The peasants attacked them because they blamed them for Jesus's death.
Jews
An effect of the Crusades: Distrust after an unprovoked attack.
Because some Crusaders had attacked Jews without reason, many Jews distrusted Christians.
A person who dedicates their life to their religion and isolates themselves from society
A monk
A person who dedicates their life to their religion and lives among the people to help them be good Christians.
A friar
The king who was excommunicated then begged for forgiveness barefoot in the snow for 3 days.
King (or Emperor) Henry
Many people joined religious order because they were unhappy that...
The church was gaining so much land and power (people were leaving their lands to the church after they died).
Reason that the Crusades failed (Hint: Disagreements)
Crusade leaders fought among themselves and planned poorly.
Which place would serve as the center of village life?
House of worship (church, mosque, synagogue, etc)
A style of grand architecture common in the Middle Ages
Gothic
Reason that the kings gained a lot of new land (and thus power) in the mid-Middle Ages
After many nobles died in the Crusades, the king would claim their land as their own.
The conflict between these two people led to the creation of the separate Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
Pope Leo and the Bishop of Constantinople
An effect of the Crusades: Tension between the 2 main groups that lasts until today.
After the Crusades, Christians saw Muslims as non believers, Muslims saw them as vicious attackers.
Groups of people who dedicate their lives to religion and follow common rules
Religious order
The philosopher who came up with the idea of natural law
Thomas Aquinas