Holly Cheek, Hannah Tarver

1. The Crusades
 Series of 8 or 9 holy
wars fought between
Christian states in
Europe and Turkish
Muslims
 Spanned 1095-1270

2. The Crusades
 Emperor of the Eastern Roman
Empire asked Pope Urban II for
help against the Muslim armies
 Pope Urban II of the Roman
Catholic Church asked his
followers to participate and fight

3. The Crusades
 The goal of the Crusades was to take Jerusalem and
related holy lands in the Middle East from Muslims
 Holy sites had been cut off
from access because of Muslim
expansion into the Eastern and Western
Roman Empires.

4. The Crusades
 First Crusade or People’s
Crusade ended in the capture
of Jerusalem
 Second Crusade resulted in
failure, as European armies
fled from the well-prepared
Turkish armies’ attacks
during the siege of Damascus.

5. The Crusades
 Third Crusade started
when Muslims retook
Jerusalem
 Ended in a truce
between King Richard
I of England and the
Muslim leader, Saladin
Saladin allowed
Christians to visit the holy sites

6. The Crusades
 Third Crusade contributed to the downfall of feudalism
by inspiring revolt
 King Richard I financed the Third
Crusade with heavy, unfair taxes on
his subjects
 He sold self-government privileges
to towns
 His capture after the Third Crusade
and ransom payment increased tax rates

7. The Crusades
 The fourth and subsequent crusades diverted focus from
reclaiming holy lands
 Instead targeted other cities and Muslims

8. Sources
 http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-crusades.htm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades
 http://history-world.org/crusades.htm
 http://moodle2.cherokee.k12.ga.us/etowah_hs/plug
infile.php/496/mod_assignment/intro/Middle%20
Ages.pdf