Transcript Crusades_Homework_Takeup

The Crusades in Context
CHW3M
EL Skip Knox, The Crusades, Boise State University, N.d.,
http://europeanhistory.boisestate.edu/crusades/Europe (Dec. 8, 2015)
EL Skip Knox, The Crusades, Boise State University, N.d.,
http://europeanhistory.boisestate.edu/images/maps/byzantine_empire_1355.jpg (Dec. 8, 2015)
HOMEWORK TAKE UP
Basic Facts
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A: When did they begin and end?
B: How many were there?
C: Other than Muslims, who else
was targeted by the Crusaders as
heretics?
D: On the whole, were they
militarily successful?
Crusades with Benefits
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A: What did Europeans learn from
Muslims?
B: How did merchants profit?
C: How did commerce develop as a
result of the Crusades?
Crusades
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Were the Crusades a reflection of
change or stability (continuity)?
Which themes of the middle ages
are reflected in the Crusades?
PSD ANALYSIS
Contextualization of a PSD
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When and where was the document
created?
What was different then? What was
the same?
***How might the circumstances in
which the document was created
affect its content?
Sourcing a PSD
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When and by whom was it created?
What was the author’s purpose in
creating it?
What values and worldview does
the author have?
Video Key Words – Remember it’s a very
sacred society
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Holy war = violence justified by religion
Sin = wrongdoing against God
Penance = punishment for sins
Salvation = being saved from sin (going to
Heaven)
Heaven = where those without sin go after
death
Hell = the opposite of Heaven
Infidel = insult used to describe nonbelievers
Video – Crusades – Pilgrims in
Arms
(Terry Jones of Monty Python)
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v18707282J5dG
7ASE
 Alexius asked _________ to help him
_______________ the Turks.
 The Pope was gaining ___________ and
hoped to take over ________________.
 How to kill in the name of God when Jesus
said “turn the other cheek?”
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It is only a _________ to kill Christians
It is OK to kill _______________
It is your ______________ to kill for God
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What incentives (encouragements) were
offered to Christian Crusaders?
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They would be freed from penalties for ___
they’ve committed.
They can take their enemy’s
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If you die while fighting, your sins will be
_________________
How did Urban II use propaganda in his
speech at Clermont?
Medicine
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Read “Comparison of Islamic and
European Medicine During the
Middle Ages” and the two other
handouts, including Ibn Sina’s PSD.
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Which one sounds more advanced for
its time, Islamic or European medicine?
If this is true, why did European
Christians think of Muslims as
“backwards”?
Lesson, con’t
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Read “Medieval Sourcebook: Urban
II Speech at Clermont” only up to
[Another of those present…]
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this is a primary source document
(PSD) that gives an account of Pope
Urban II’s call for a crusade to retake
the Holy Land from the Muslims
PSD Vocabulary
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Franks = French and German
peoples
Discourse = speech
Exhortations = recommendations
(urgings)
Grievous = terrible
Imminent peril = immediate danger
Ignominy = public shame
Close Reading of a PSD
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What claims does the author make?
What evidence does he use?
What language does the author use
to persuade the audience?
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Words, phrases, images, symbols
How does the language indicate the
author’s perspective?
Activity (work as a group but write
your own)
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Fill in the chart below.
Urban II’s Bias (pro and con)
Christians are …
Muslims are …
Activity, con’t
2. Use the 4 excerpts at your table to
help you contextualize the document.
Answer:
3. Is Urban’s speech valuable to historians
even though it is heavily biased?
4. Would it be better if you put Urban’s
speech side by side with Ibn Sina’s ‘On
Medicine’? Why or why not?
Homework
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Take notes on the Black Death,
563-568 using these headings:
Why Europe was vulnerable
Timing and spread of the plague
Symptoms and death
Effects:
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General
Social
Economic
HW needed for entry to class
tomorrow.