Crusades
Let an agent explain the Crusades and their campaigns with attribution to historians, present the perspectives of the different peoples involved, describe causes, course and consequences, and address contested modern uses of the term neutrally.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Crusades and their campaigns with attribution to historians, present the perspectives of the different peoples involved, describe causes, course and consequences, and address contested modern uses of the term neutrally.
A series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church between the eleventh and the late medieval centuries, principally the campaigns to the eastern Mediterranean to control Jerusalem and the Holy Land, and also crusades in the Iberian Peninsula linked to the Reconquista, in the Baltic, against Christians deemed heretics or political enemies, and popular crusades of common people, with participation from across Europe including Frisia; the Crusades are studied by historians with attention to Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Byzantine perspectives and to their contested legacy.
What it is for: Medieval religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church.
It can be explain campaigns with attribution; present multiple perspectives; describe causes and consequences; address contested legacy neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Papal sanction
Multiple theatres
Religious motivation and politics
Contested legacy
What it looks like
Not physical; historical campaigns.
How it is recognised
Church-sanctioned wars from the eleventh century
Holy Land, Iberia, Baltic and internal crusades
Later uses of crusade as metaphor are separate
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - the sanctioning institution
is related to - military orders
is related to - crusader castles
In practice
Families and kinds
crusades to the Holy Land
Iberian crusades and the Reconquista
Northern and Baltic crusades
crusades against Christians and political crusades
popular crusades
Standards and regulation
Standards of historical scholarship
Heritage protection for crusader sites
No regulation of the topic
Failure modes and hazards
One-sided narratives
Anachronistic use in modern politics
Glorification of religious violence
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the Crusades were.
History.
Overview
Campaigns and theatres.
Overview
Overview.
- What were the main crusades to the Holy Land and the campaigns in Iberia, the Baltic and against Christians, according to historians? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific crusade? action
Causes
Causes and motivations.
Causes
Causes.
- What religious, political, economic and social causes do historians identify, and where do they disagree? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Perspectives Multiple perspectives.
Attribution.
Sources
Sources and viewpoints.
Sources
Sources.
- How do Latin Christian, Byzantine, Muslim and Jewish sources describe the Crusades, and how do historians use them? provenance
- Are the experiences of victims and all communities represented? boundary
Regions
Regional participation.
Regions
Regions.
- How did regions such as Frisia and the Iberian kingdoms participate, and how does the Reconquista relate to crusading? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific region? action
Legacy Consequences and legacy.
Context.
Consequences
Consequences.
Consequences
Consequences.
- What were the consequences for the Middle East, Europe, Byzantium and Jewish communities, according to historians? provenance
- Which findings are debated? boundary
Modern
Modern uses of the term.
Modern
Modern.
- How is the term crusade used in modern politics and rhetoric, and how do historians assess such uses, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and free of glorification? boundary
Learn Sites and teaching.
Education.
Sites
Crusader sites.
Sites
Sites.
- Which castles and sites survive from the crusading period, and how are they protected? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific site? action
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the Crusades be taught with multiple perspectives? action
- Which references are standard? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each crusade be a separate entry?
- How should sources from all perspectives be linked?
- How should modern uses be attributed?