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Decline of Feudalism, children's crusade - Coggle Diagram
Decline of Feudalism
The Crusades
In 1093, the Byzantine emperor
Alexius Comnenus sent an appeal to Robert, Count of Flanders. The emperor asked
for help against the Muslim Turks.
He issued a call for
what he termed a “holy war,” a Crusade, to gain control of the Holy Land. (Holy Land: Palestine, the area where Jesus lived and preached)
Goals of the Crusade: The crusades had economic, politic and religious goals as well.
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Disorder in the Empire
Germany needed a strong ruler to keep the peace and so they chose Frederick I, nicknamed “Barbarossa”.
Following Otto's example, Frederick invaded the rich cities of Italy. Merchants united against him, forming the Lombard League, which the Pope also joined, due to that Frederick angered him.
In 1176, the foot soldiers of the Lombard League faced
Frederick’s army of mounted knights at the Battle of Legnano
In an astonishing victory, the Italian soldiers used crossbows to defeat feudal knights for the first time in history.
In 1177, Frederick made peace with the pope and returned to Germany.
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effects of crusades
the crusades made people travel from their homes to far away lands, women stayed at home
they were trades in between but because of the failure of the crusades, the pope lost power
for muslims, they were always prejuiced by christians and still are
in 1212 in two different movements, thousands of children were set to recapture jerusalem
the children were only armed with the thought that god would give them jerusalem
children's crusade
most children died from starvation, drowned in the sea or were sold to be slaves in the france group
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the german group didn't survive either, only a few did and reached the pope, he told them to wait until they were older