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World History Exam - The Crusades Flashcards

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8352043705Alexius I Comnenusasked the pope to organize military support which created the First Crusade0
8352072872ConstantinopleCapital of the Byzantine Empire1
8352082433Council of ClermontA meeting where Pope Urban II asked the bishops and nobles to support the Crusades.2
8352100014Battle of HattinSaladin, Muslim prince of Egypt, crushes crusaders here and captures Jersualem3
8352137775Hereticsthose who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church4
8352159725Hugh de PayensCount of Champagne made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1104-07 and visited Jerusalem5
8352186050InvestitureThe authority claimed by monarchs to appoint church officials6
8352199432ControversyA disagreement among many people.7
8352218742JerusalemA city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews.8
8352223960JIhadA holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal9
8352237484KnightsWarriors who fought on horseback10
8352248672Papacythe government of the Roman Catholic Church11
8352264135Peter the HermitMonk who excited people to attempt ill-prepared People's Crusade12
8352278048Pope Urban 11agreed to send Christian knights to fight muslim knights13
8352287916PrimogenitureA system of inheritance in which the eldest son in a family received all of his father's land.14
8352310321PurgatoryA place where souls went before they went to heaven15
8352321806Remission of SinForgiveness for sin16
8352356694Richard the LionheartedAn English king who lead the Crusaders in an attempt to regain the Holy Land from Saladin.17
8352366235Rose Waterwater made from soaking rose petals. Allows for forgiveness and cleans up blood after a religious battle18
8352403820Saladin(1137-1193) Powerful Muslim ruler during Third Crusade, defeated Christians at Hattin took Jerusalem19
8352403821Siege of AcresThe Siege of Acre was the first significant counter attack by King Guy of Jerusalem to the losses the kingdom experienced to Saladin, leader of the Muslims in Syria and Egypt and formed part of what later became known as the Third Crusade20

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