The Crusades Flashcards
Why did the Catholic Church have such influence on everyday lives
People depended on them for food, shelter and protection. People also got benefits for being catholic and the promise of being in heaven after death
What caused Pole Urban II to call for people to go on the first crusade?
He was hoping for the reunion of Christendom and he believed that God would forgive past sins and that God willed the Crusades to happen
Why did so many Christians take up Pope Urban’s call to go on a Crusade
They believed him that God willed it and it would forgive their past sins
When did the first crusade take place
15th of August 1096
What was the goal of the first crusade?
Recovery of Holy Land
Why the crusades were considered a success
It Established Christian peace and settlement
Why the crusades were considered a failure
Unable to maintain crusader states they had created
