Crusades Homework Takeup CHW3M

Basic Facts  A: When did they begin and end?  B: How many were there?  C: Other than Muslims, who else was targeted by the Crusaders as heretics?  D: On the whole, were they militarily successful?

Crusades with Benefits  A: What did Europeans learn from Muslims?  B: How did merchants profit?  C: How did commerce develop as a result of the Crusades?

C ru s ades  Were the Crusades a reflection of change or stability (continuity)?  Which themes of the middle ages are reflected in the Crusades?

Lesson for Thurs. Dec. 5  Read “Comparison of Islamic and European Medicine During the Middle Ages” in handouts. Which one sounds more advanced for its time?  If this is true, why were the European Christians so intent on attacking the supposedly “backwards” Muslims?

Lesson, con’t  Read “Medieval Sourcebook: Urban II Speech at Clermont” only up to [Another of those present…] this is a primary source document (PSD) that gives an account of Pope Urban II’s call for a crusade to retake the Holy Land from the Muslims  Note: the speech had factual inaccuracies in it (the Muslims did not act violently toward Christians after taking Jerusalem).

PSD Vocabulary  Franks = French and German peoples  Discourse = speech  Exhortations = recommendations (urgings)  Grievous = terrible  Imminent peril = immediate danger  Ignominy = public shame

Activity (work as a group but write your own) 1. Background – identify what a student would need to know (e.g., what was happening in Europe at the time) in order to make sense of this PSD. 2. Fill in the chart below. Urban II’s Bias Christians are …Muslims are …

Activity, con’t 3. Identify three inferences made by Urban II. Remember that an inference is reading between the lines, not merely summarizing what he says.

Homework  Take notes on the Black Death, using these headings:  Why Europe was vulnerable  Timing and spread of the plague  Symptoms and death  Effects: General Social Economic HW needed for entry to class tomorrow.