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The Crusades are famously known as "successful failures." The Crusades failed in their attempt to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims but it did bring on different discoveries.  The failure weakened the power of the Pope. With the abundant number of deaths during the war, people lost their trust in the Pope as they believed this war was unnecessary. There were great economic effects as the trade between Europe and Southwest Asia increased. The Crusades lessened the effect of the feudal system. At the end the prejudice Muslims faced by the Christians, left behind a legacy of hatred.

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A map assignment: The Crusades! - Mr. Brunken's Online Classroom

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Pope Urban II called a waging war against the Muslims to reclaim the Holy Land in a speech at the Council of Clermont. The Pope called on huge Christian armies. Men from all classes  joined these armies as they were promised to be forgiven of their sins. Those who did not fulfill his wishes were threatened with excommunication. The Pope was very influential during the Middle Ages and everyone listened in order to grow closer to God.

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Christianity influence widened when Charlemagne became king. Charlemagne sought to provide his people with education. He founded schools in monasteries and built churches for the poor and nobility. In the ninth century Charlemagne succeeded in making the christian empire stronger. Political power was taken to be an appropriate mean for spreading, regulating, and protecting Christian belief and practice.

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Crusaders were absolved of sin and promised eternal salvation for fighting the Catholic Church's holy war.

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There was a power struggle between the church and the nobility during the Middle Ages, but up until the crusades the church had the majority of power. When Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor he effectively made the church more powerful than the political leaders because the church could give and take away power. During feudal times kings and queens vied for approval from the pope and clergy because it made them more popular. If the church had an enemy they could make everyone lose respect for them by having them excommunicated. If someone still went against the church's wishes they could become interdicted which means that certain religious ceremonies and sacraments could no longer be performed in the person's region. This would cause a lot of anger with peasants and probably lead to the overthrow of the king who was interdicted.

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During the middle ages Christianity was a very popular religion. Some people who practiced a religion were known as monks. Monks is basically a member of religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Monks would use a building to come together and worships. Those building were known as Monasteries.

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The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christians to capture the Holy Land of Jerusalem from the Muslims Turks. The city of Jerusalem held a religious significance to the Christians as it was where Jesus Christ was crucified.  The Muslims began interfering with the Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Alexius Comnenus sent messages to Pope Urban II to gain help to capture the confront the looming Turkish threat. Many people from all classes responded to the Pope's call forming the Christian army. There were eight different Crusades.

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The Role of the Catholic Church in Daily Life (A.G)

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The Role of the Catholic Church in Daily Life (A.G)

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During this time the Roman Catholic Church was the only religion to follow in Europe. The church determined the way people would act since it set the guidelines for either going to heaven or hell. It could make people do whatever they wanted by threatening peasants with hell. The church also owned a lot of land and people paid them a tithe so it was very wealthy. The peasants and serfs had hard lives and one of the reasons they accepted all of their burdens was the promise of an eternal paradise in heaven.