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Negative Effects Of The Crusades Dbq

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In the DBQ historical context, it states that “Between the end of the eleventh century and into the thirteenth century, European Christians, at the urging of the church, conducted a series of nine wars that have come to be known as the Crusades. Many people have wondered were the results of the Crusades more positive or negative? The results of the Crusades were more negative because they would massacre communities and empires, and they had very low patience. One reason I think Crusades are more negative is that they would massacre innocent people. Document 1 states that “In Europe, Crusaders sometimes turned their fury against Jews, massacring communities.” This is relevant because the crusades put a bitter legacy of religious hatred behind them.Document 6 states that arriving in Constantinople in 1204, the Venetian, who had been hired to transport the Crusaders, and the …show more content…

rushed once more on me and turned my face eastward, saying, “This is the way you should pray!” the Templars again came into him and expelled him.This is important because If you ever did something wrong you would have a punishment. Also, this proves that they had low patience because they didn't care they still expelled the man.Document 7 states that to make matters worse, the crusading knights often abused and committed atrocities against Eastern Orthodox Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the areas through which they passed.This is interesting because This also shows they weren't patient because they would do this since they had low money and had to depend on one group.These reasons make the crusades more negative because they weren't patient and if you ever disobeyed them you were more than likely to get punished. This led to them being known as awful and cruel people because of all the bad things they would

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