THE CRUSADES... WHAT IS A CRUSADE???

What is a Crusade?: A Holy War BYZANTINE EMPEROR ASKED THE POPE FOR HELP AGAINST THE TURKS

POPE URBAN II MAKES A SPEECH...

WHY WOULD PEOPLE GO ON CRUSADES? KNIGHTS WANTED RICHES IN THE MIDDLE EAST MERCHANTS THOUGHT THEY COULD MAKE MONEY

WHY WOULD PEOPLE GO ON CRUSADES? POPE PROMISED THOSE WHO DIED WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN DEBTS WERE CANCELLED CRIMINALS WERE FREED FROM PUNISHMENT

THE FIRST CRUSADE LEADERS –FRENCH & NORMAN NOBLES –SPLIT INTO 3 ARMIES

THE FIRST CRUSADE MAJOR EVENTS –ILL PREPARED FOR MARCH THROUGH DESERT –CAPTURED ANTIOCH & JERUSALEM

THE FIRST CRUSADE RESULTS: FEUDAL STATES SET UP –COUNTY OF EDESSA –PRINCIPALITY OF ANTIOCH –COUNTY OF TRIPOLI –KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM

THE SECOND CRUSADE LEADERS –KING LOUIS VII, FRANCE –EMPEROR CONRAD III, HRE

THE SECOND CRUSADE EVENTS –2 ARMIES FOUGHT SEPARATELY –MET AT DAMASCUS

THE SECOND CRUSADE RESULTS –COULD NOT TAKE DAMASCUS

THE THIRD CRUSADE LEADERS –KING RICHARD I, ENGLAND –KING PHILIP AUGUSTUS, FRANCE –EMPEROR FREDRICK BARBAROSSA

THE THIRD CRUSADE EVENTS –F-B DIED ON THE WAY –PHILIP WENT HOME TO TAKE ENGLISH LANDS

THE THIRD CRUSADE EVENTS –RICHARD CONTINUED ON –300,000 DIED

THE THIRD CRUSADE RESULTS –TURKS HELD JERUSALEM

LASTING RESULTS ECONOMIC –INCREASED TRADE –DEMANDS FOR LUXURY ITEMS –ITALIAN CITIES BECAME POWERFUL –NEW TEXTILES –NEW FOODS MONARCHS –POWER INCREASED –NOBLES DECLINED

LASTING RESULTS CHURCH –ASSUMED MORE POLITICAL ROLE WORLD VIEW –EUROPEANS INCREASED TRAVEL, LEARNING REVIVES

RECONQUISTA IN SPAIN CHRISTIAN CRUSADING SPIRIT CONTINUES IN SPAIN: MUSLIMS ARE PUSHED OUT OF SPAIN

FERDINAND & ISABELLA: United Spanish throne

THE SPANISH INQUISITION NON- CHRISTIANS WERE TORTURED AND MURDERED IF THEY REFUSED TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY