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In the reading, it mentioned how Eleanor of Aquitane "maintained a court" with "poet-singers" called troubadours. I was interested in who these people were, and what kinds of songs they sang, so I looked it up and found some information from this like on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadour Troubadours were mostly around 1100-1350 (the High Middle Ages). They began in Occitania, also known as Aquitane (which is around Southern France), but then spread out to Italy Spain, and Greece). Here is a map of Aquitaine: http://www.livebordeaux.com/images/maps/aquitaine-france.gif
The troubadours mostly sang poems/songs with such subjects as knights and love. They were usually fairly humourous.
Questions: 1. What did the army from Constantinople do about the armies trying to sack it? 2. Were the territories claimed in the crusades run by vassals to European kings, or did they develop their own rulers? 3. Did the Crusades effect Asia, with the silk road interrupted?
I wasn't sure where Aquitaine was, so I found a map. http://www.livebordeaux.com/images/maps/aquitaine-france.gif
Also I was not quite sure where the Adriatic Sea was, so I found a map of it. http://www.aventura-baska.com/images/Adriatic_Sea.png
I was wondering what the Truce of God was. Wikipedia says it was "a medival European movement of the Catholic Chruch that applied spiritual sanctions in order to limit the violence of private war in feudal society."
I also found a map of the Crusades, and the Holy Land is where Jerusalem is. http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/crusade/jason/map.gif
Questions: 1) Why did the Crusades occur in the first place, and were the European Kings so stupid as to listen to the ravings of a pope?
2) How long were Crusaders away? Did this affect their lives significantly?
Resources: I found this link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/british/index.shtml) which is a very cool timeline detailing British History (not only the middle ages, but still not bad)
Is Byzantium another word for the Byzantine Empire?
What was the need for the horse collar?
Is there more information about Alexius Comnenus? Heres a link I found about him http://www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk/firstcrusade/People/Eastern_Christians/alexius_comnenus.htm The first paragraph says Alexius acceded to the Byzantine throne in 1081. He had jet black hair and beard. On of his first acts on becoming emperor was to repulse the attacks of Norman adventurers who crossed over from souther Italy. These adventurers were under the command of Robert Guiscard and his son, Bohemond, whom he was to meet later during the crusade.
I was wondering about the making of coins. i found a picture of the silver penny of the Carolingian empire. i was wondering how they made the coins. what kind of mold did they use and how did they make the mold? also what kind of fuel did they use to get the metal hot enough? silver is soft, so it wouldn't have to be extremely hot, but would wood get hot enough? were they mining coal at this time?
I was looking up the first crusade and found something that really interested me, The Knights Templar.
The story of them is that at French Nobleman, Hugues de Payens took eight of his Knights to the "holy places" that were conquered during the first crusade. They visited the Dome of the rock when it was a Church called Templum Domini which is where they got the templar in their name.
After their trip their group became an elite army of followers that helped fight in the crusades. Eventually the group became so powerful the church feared the Knights and made a charge of heresy on them. So they where then wrongfully persecuted for committing heresy.
I didn't really understand what the Council of Clermont was so i researched it a little bit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Clermont The link above explained about how it was a council of a church and it is what triggered the First Crusade.
http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/western/bldef_councilclermont.htm The link above just gave some basic information about the Council of Clermont.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-25600/Crusades This link also expanded my knowledge on the Council of Clermont. I thought it was interesting that they all chanted "Deus le volt" (God wills it)
In the reading it talked about three Crusades. Is that all of the Crusades or were there more? When it said the holy land must be taken back from the Muslims, What land area is that referring to? It said that some Arabic translations of books were translated into Latin. What were these books about? What are some examples of them? If there is a lack of male offspring is the marriage always broken up?
I also found some pictures of the Carolingian Coins http://128.192.145.172/ancient/ctheb.jpg http://128.192.145.172/mqc1/viking.jpg
After reading, I was kind of interested in finding some more information about the effects on Europe after the First Crusade...
One of the effects of the First Crusade was the major strengthening of the Pope's power, both spiritually in the Church and politically. After all, he was able to call all of these people, warriors and peasants, to take the city of Jerusalem, so he clearly had quite a lot of power. This kind of connects up with the debate over whether the kings of Europe or the Pope had more power.
Also, since a lot of people went to Jerusalem on the Crusades, a lot of them came back and were celebrated as heroes. However, a lot of them died; I was unable to find a number for the deaths during the First Crusade, but it is estimated that between 2 million and 6 million Christians died from all the Crusades total (indirectly and directly).
There are a lot more effects, and I would like to learn a little about them later. Here's where I found my info:
I looked up some stuff about the technology advances.
http://members.tripod.com/~wsws/HittPlow.jpg I wanted to know what the new plows looked like, so this was a picture of one that I thought was kind of good.
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/79521111.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1934849998ACB863535456BD0D37DD992C1284831B75F48EF45 The reading also mentioned that another advance was the horse collar on the horses shoulders. This link is a picture of horses with this lower collar on the Bayeux Tapestry.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/laserdisk/0214/21428.JPG This is another picture of the horse collar from the Bayeux Tapestry.
The map in the reading confused me because it was really hard to follow the different lines, so I looked for a few better maps to help me visualize the routes;
I was interested in Eleanor of Aquitaine. Well as I researched it, I saw a link saying she was a hero, which i though was pretty cool. Also it said that she was one of the wealthiest most powerfull woman in the middle ages.
were there any crusades not about religion.... and more about personal gain?
if so which crusades? and what were they trying to gain and why?
also..
"The Crusades were a series of military conflicts of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal threats. Crusades were fought against Muslims, pagan Slavs, Russian and Greek Orthodox Christians, Mongols, Cathars, Hussites, and political enemies of the popes.[1] Crusaders took vows and were granted an indulgence for past sins." quoted from wiki/crusade
how could the pope have enemies? i'm pretty sure that a "good" Christian (and i'm assuming that the pope would be a good Christian) would not go and fight a war against someone..
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In the reading, it mentioned how Eleanor of Aquitane "maintained a court" with "poet-singers" called troubadours. I was interested in who these people were, and what kinds of songs they sang, so I looked it up and found some information from this like on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadour
Troubadours were mostly around 1100-1350 (the High Middle Ages). They began in Occitania, also known as Aquitane (which is around Southern France), but then spread out to Italy Spain, and Greece). Here is a map of Aquitaine: http://www.livebordeaux.com/images/maps/aquitaine-france.gif
The troubadours mostly sang poems/songs with such subjects as knights and love. They were usually fairly humourous.
I was interested in finding out more about the Council of Clermont. So I started at wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Clermont
and found out that it was a Christian council of about 300 people (clerics) who met once in 1095
According to Britannica online
It was called by Pope Urban II.
Some questions i have are
-Why did the Pope call this council and what goals did he have?
-WHY did this initiate the first crusade?
Questions:
1. What did the army from Constantinople do about the armies trying to sack it?
2. Were the territories claimed in the crusades run by vassals to European kings, or did they develop their own rulers?
3. Did the Crusades effect Asia, with the silk road interrupted?
I wasn't sure where Aquitaine was, so I found a map.
http://www.livebordeaux.com/images/maps/aquitaine-france.gif
Also I was not quite sure where the Adriatic Sea was, so I found a map of it.
http://www.aventura-baska.com/images/Adriatic_Sea.png
I was wondering what the Truce of God was. Wikipedia says it was "a medival European movement of the Catholic Chruch that applied spiritual sanctions in order to limit the violence of private war in feudal society."
I also found a map of the Crusades, and the Holy Land is where Jerusalem is.
http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/crusade/jason/map.gif
Questions:
1) Why did the Crusades occur in the first place, and were the European Kings so stupid as to listen to the ravings of a pope?
2) How long were Crusaders away? Did this affect their lives significantly?
Resources: I found this link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/british/index.shtml) which is a very cool timeline detailing British History (not only the middle ages, but still not bad)
Is Byzantium another word for the Byzantine Empire?
What was the need for the horse collar?
Is there more information about Alexius Comnenus?
Heres a link I found about him
http://www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk/firstcrusade/People/Eastern_Christians/alexius_comnenus.htm
The first paragraph says
Alexius acceded to the Byzantine throne in 1081. He had jet black hair and beard. On of his first acts on becoming emperor was to repulse the attacks of Norman adventurers who crossed over from souther Italy. These adventurers were under the command of Robert Guiscard and his son, Bohemond, whom he was to meet later during the crusade.
which gives some insight as to who he was
I was wondering about the making of coins. i found a picture of the silver penny of the Carolingian empire. i was wondering how they made the coins. what kind of mold did they use and how did they make the mold? also what kind of fuel did they use to get the metal hot enough? silver is soft, so it wouldn't have to be extremely hot, but would wood get hot enough? were they mining coal at this time?
I was looking up the first crusade and found something that really interested me, The Knights Templar.
The story of them is that at French Nobleman, Hugues de Payens took eight of his Knights to the "holy places" that were conquered during the first crusade. They visited the Dome of the rock when it was a Church called Templum Domini which is where they got the templar in their name.
After their trip their group became an elite army of followers that helped fight in the crusades. Eventually the group became so powerful the church feared the Knights and made a charge of heresy on them. So they where then wrongfully persecuted for committing heresy.
I didn't really understand what the Council of Clermont was so i researched it a little bit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Clermont
The link above explained about how it was a council of a church and it is what triggered the First Crusade.
http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/western/bldef_councilclermont.htm
The link above just gave some basic information about the Council of Clermont.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-25600/Crusades
This link also expanded my knowledge on the Council of Clermont. I thought it was interesting that they all chanted "Deus le volt" (God wills it)
In the reading it talked about three Crusades. Is that all of the Crusades or were there more?
When it said the holy land must be taken back from the Muslims, What land area is that referring to?
It said that some Arabic translations of books were translated into Latin. What were these books about? What are some examples of them?
If there is a lack of male offspring is the marriage always broken up?
I also found some pictures of the Carolingian Coins
http://128.192.145.172/ancient/ctheb.jpg
http://128.192.145.172/mqc1/viking.jpg
After reading, I was kind of interested in finding some more information about the effects on Europe after the First Crusade...
One of the effects of the First Crusade was the major strengthening of the Pope's power, both spiritually in the Church and politically. After all, he was able to call all of these people, warriors and peasants, to take the city of Jerusalem, so he clearly had quite a lot of power. This kind of connects up with the debate over whether the kings of Europe or the Pope had more power.
Also, since a lot of people went to Jerusalem on the Crusades, a lot of them came back and were celebrated as heroes. However, a lot of them died; I was unable to find a number for the deaths during the First Crusade, but it is estimated that between 2 million and 6 million Christians died from all the Crusades total (indirectly and directly).
There are a lot more effects, and I would like to learn a little about them later. Here's where I found my info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
I looked up some stuff about the technology advances.
http://members.tripod.com/~wsws/HittPlow.jpg
I wanted to know what the new plows looked like, so this was a picture of one that I thought was kind of good.
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/79521111.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1934849998ACB863535456BD0D37DD992C1284831B75F48EF45
The reading also mentioned that another advance was the horse collar on the horses shoulders. This link is a picture of horses with this lower collar on the Bayeux Tapestry.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/laserdisk/0214/21428.JPG
This is another picture of the horse collar from the Bayeux Tapestry.
I researched the Crusades a little. There is a good timeline of them on this link:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cru1.htm
Also I found this picture:
http://history.missouristate.edu/jchuchiak/Battle%20of%20Crusades1.jpg
the picture shows how crusaders thought angels and saints intervened on their behalf
The map in the reading confused me because it was really hard to follow the different lines, so I looked for a few better maps to help me visualize the routes;
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/HY/Ashley/hy105/second_and_third_crusades-map.jpg
This one, of the second and third crusades
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/HY/Ashley/hy105/4th_and_later_crusades-map.jpg
And this, of the fourth crusade.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cru2.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html
http://historymedren.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=historymedren&cdn=education&tm=39&f=10&tt=14&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.historynet.com/magazines/military_history/3037076.html
I decided to find some links on the Crusaders, I found the first one the most useful.
I was interested in Eleanor of Aquitaine. Well as I researched it, I saw a link saying she was a hero, which i though was pretty cool. Also it said that she was one of the wealthiest most powerfull woman in the middle ages.
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine2.html
were there any crusades not about religion.... and more about personal gain?
if so which crusades? and what were they trying to gain and why?
also..
"The Crusades were a series of military conflicts of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal threats. Crusades were fought against Muslims, pagan Slavs, Russian and Greek Orthodox Christians, Mongols, Cathars, Hussites, and political enemies of the popes.[1] Crusaders took vows and were granted an indulgence for past sins."
quoted from wiki/crusade
how could the pope have enemies? i'm pretty sure that a "good" Christian (and i'm assuming that the pope would be a good Christian) would not go and fight a war against someone..
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