HTST 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ayyubid Dynasty, Krak Des Chevaliers, Rotten Stone
6 Mar 2018
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Violence and insecurity: collapse of the carolingian empire lead to a rise in the nobility"s power and the pursuit of private wars, viking attacks, these two factors created insecurity within the kingdoms. Peace of god: the cluniac heritage: pax dei: church"s attempt to pacify society. Fight fairly, with proportionality: a good example of this is the reconquista - freedom for the oppressed christians in spain, direct violence to a specific aim. Holy war (late 11th c. : a just war that granted spiritual rewards for the people who were fighting, ie. Installed trade posts that were tax free: effective commercial. The muslim world in the 12th c: almoravids/almohads ruled north western africa and spain, fatimids and ayyubids ruled the north eastern africa (egypt) and western middle eastern. Peninsula: where saladin came from and was a fierce warrior, defeated western armies, saljuks - central middle east, persia (baghdad was the most important city, saljuks of rum - closer to india.
