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ROPS Week 7- Crusades and Crusading: Understanding ‘Holy War’ and Muslim…
ROPS Week 7- Crusades and Crusading: Understanding ‘Holy War’ and Muslim-Christian Interaction in the Holy Land
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8th-9th centuries- assault on Christendom- Islam, Vikings, Magyars
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Jerusalem under Islamic rule for centuries- Christians and Jews lived comfortably under Muslim rule- neither a tolerant or intolerant society
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Consistent problem of pilgrims- had to pay huge amounts of money- attacked often by brigands and robbers
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Motives
'Just War'- a just cause, right intention, obedient to legitimate authority
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Western Crusades
The 'Reconquista' in Spain, 1090s-1492
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Perpetual state of war between Western Christendom and Islam dominated Christian perceptions of Islam in 12th and 13th centuries- writers portrayed Muslims as barbarians worshipping a false god (Malcolm Barber, ‘How the West saw Medieval Islam,’ History Today 47 No.5 (1997), pp.44-50)