9/18/14

Lesson#9

AIM:  What were the Crusades and how did they lead to the end of the middle ages?

DO NOW:  watch this clip from the History Channels “ the crescent and the cross”

Why were the crusades fought?

NOTES:

I)                   The church in the middle ages

a)      During the middle ages the church controlled all aspects of life in Europe.

b)      The holy land was controlled by Muslims. This offended many in the church and they began to look at ways to regain control of the Holy land.

II)                 The Crusades

a)      In order to regain control of the Holy land the church ordered Europeans to fight a series of wars against the Muslims. These wars became known as the Crusades. A Crusade is a holy war.

b)      The Crusades lasted from about the year 1100 until around 1300. The Christians lost all of the wars.

HOME WORK: Look at pages 28-29 in the text and answer the questions under “geography skills” also explain how people caught the disease and what people did after the disease arrived in European towns.