New Configurations (1050-1150) - Church Reform and its Aftermath - The First Crusade
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How were wars called by monarchs and kings? Name an example in which this was shown.
- Monarchs might consider their wars "just"; popes could claim that their wars were "holy."
- In effect, Alesander II declared the reconquista in Spain to be holy when he forgave the sins of its soldiers.
What led to the First Crusade?
What pilgrimage did Urban call upon?
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What is meant with "wicked race"? What did that term lead to?
- Europeans adopted a catch-all word for it: Saracens. Originally referring to one group of Arabs living in the Sinai Peninsula, in Europe the term came to refer to all Muslims.
- By collapsing numerous factions, ethnicities, dynasties, and traditions into that simple word, Europeans created fertile soil at home for anti-Muslim racism to flourish.
- In a somewhat parallel development, Muslims came to call all crusaders iFranj, Franks.
Who were mobilized in the First Crusade?
- The First Crusade (1096-1099) mobilized a force of some 100000 people, including warriors, old men, bishops, priests, women, children, and hangers-on.
- Its armies were organized not as one military force but rather as separate militias, each authorized by Urban II and commanded by a different leader.
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