Lesson 27: The Crusades

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Lesson 27 The Crusades

• A time for rejoicing or a time for repentance?

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There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his
prophet
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I. Attack of the Franks (1097-1143/44)
II. Islamic counterattack (1144-1187)
I have something else to say which ought to move
a Christian mans heart, however hard it is. Our
king Jesus is accused of treachery it is said
of him by the Muslims that he is not God, but
that he falsely pretended to be something he was
not. Any man among you who is his vassal ought to
rise up to defend his lord from the infamous
accusation of treachery he should go to the sure
fight, where to win will be glorious, and where
to die will be gain. Why are you delaying,
servants of the cross, why are you deceiving
yourselves, you who have great physical strength
and many worldly goods? Take the sign of the
cross and the supreme pontiff, the vicar of him
to whom it was said, Whatsoever thou shalt loose
on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven,
offers you this full indulgence of all the crimes
you confess with contrite hearts. Take the gift
that is offered to you and race one another to be
the first to take advantage of the irrecoverable
opportunity of the indulgence. I ask you and
advise you not to want to put your own business
before the business of Christ.
III. Western (Latin) futile counterattacks
(1187-1291)
Why did people do this?
Concern to honor Christ
Recovery of the Holy Lands
Penitential Pilgrimage
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Reuniting the two halves of Christianity
Personal salvation
The sins of those that set out thither, if they
lose their lives shall be remitted in that hour
Pope
Urban II
Ambition, adventure lets do something different
Childrens Crusade 1212
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I. The first crusade (1096-1099)
II. Second Crusade (1148-49)
III. Third Crusade (1189-92)
IV. Fourth Crusade (1202-04)
V. Fifth Crusade (1218-1221)
VII (1248-50) VII (1270)
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NEGATIVE RESULTS OF THE CRUSADES
A Long Legacy of Bitterness
Jews
Eastern Orthodox
Muslims
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Missions to Muslims
St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
Raymond Lull (1235-1315)
Men are wont to die, O Lord, from old agebut
thus, if it be your will, your servant would
prefer to die in the glow of love
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