kaitlin+kasel

toc 1. Introduction--Describe a general cause or causes of the conflict.
For medieval men and women, the crusade was an act of piety, charity, and love; but it was also a means of defending their world, their culture, and their way of life. It is not surprising, then, that the crusades lost their appeal when Christians no longer identified themselves first and foremost as members of one body of Christ. By the sixteenth century, Europe was dividing itself along political rather than religious lines. In that new world, the crusade had no place.

2. Background--Describe who, what when and where.
//~Who was involved was the Christians, the Muslims and the Jews. ~What they were doing was that they all were fighting over the Holy Land. ~When this happend was 1096 to 1291. ~This happended in the Holy Land, Constantinople and Europe.//

3. Causal Factors--Describe three factors that led to The Crusades.
//~the pope, becauase the pope was the one who called for the crusades. ~the seljuk turks, because ~the land, because it was were jesus walked and was crucified.//

**4. Most Important Factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others. **


**5. Impacts--Explain how one religous group and an individual within that group were impacted by The Crusades.**
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