Second Paper Notes

First Idea for paper, my actually paper turned out quite different, but this was a start.

 

 

 

 

How did violence play a role in conversions in the medieval ages?

 

Throughout the ages their have been many wars, most of them extremely bloody, and the majority of them avoidable.  All of them have their reasons, some of them noble many of them not.  One of the nobler series, in concept, were the crusades.  What makes these wars so special?  Was it how the soldiers presented Christianity to the people they conquered, or was Christianity presented to the returning soldiers, was the campaign really even about Christianity?

 

It was fought to convert people and conquer them

 Recaptured the holy land

It was fought in a land that had already been conquered and converted.

Outline

 

 

 

What topic?

 

Crusades

 

 

Why fought, in truth, what was the front (real reason)

 

“Many complicated impulses, religious, commercial, and political,” (AoWMA p.232)

 

 

Relieve pressure on Constantinople from Turks

Capture Holy Land    put Christians in charge

Accomplished very ineffectually at least did held Jerusalem for 90 yeast pushed Turks back miles

 

Did not have one leader

 

 

Who won?

 

Conquering Jerusalem and Antioch just barely

 

 

How did this impact conversions?

How did this spread religions?

How did this portray the Christians?

 

 

 

 

I.                 Intro

    A. Thesis

 

II point one

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II  point two

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II  point three

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