HIST 1001 Chapter : Crusades/Economic Revival Of Europe
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Origins: coming together of two distinct elements, holy war. Initiated and supported by the papacy: not intended to change anyone"s religion, didn"t want to convert muslims to christianity. Jerusalem: pilgrims had been going to jerusalem since the. Third century: going to pray at places jesus had been, looking for relics to bring home with them, these two ideas had been synthesized in the 11th century to form this. Penitential pilgrimage: one should procure god"s forgiveness by going on a special pilgrimage, unarmed pilgrimages, completely unaggressive, seljuk turks, these turks were more aggressive than the arabs, based around persia, but began to expand westward. In doing so, they began to put increasing pressure on the. Intended to call a great council of nations except for. Christian cause if they wanted to instead of killing christians, they could go off to a faraway land and kill non-christians: penitential pilgrimages.
