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Period: Jan 1, 1046 to Dec 31, 1305
The Church History From 1046-1305
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Nov 26, 1066
King Harold III overthrown by William I- World
This happens at the Battle of Hastings. William I or William the Conqueror defeats Harolds army and King Harold is killed. William's life as king was filled with greatness, he sustained his city, no one had overthrown it. He was a great military leader, he invaded Scotland and suceded, also he invaded France. -
Dec 3, 1078
Gregory VII Forbids the Lay Investidure- Church
At this time, there wasn't a separation between the church and state. There were laws about having to go to church and receiving communion at least once a year. Kings would empower the bishop which would have the government controlling both church and state. -
Nov 15, 1096
The First Crusade- World
This was the first crusade of 9. This crusade was fought to take back Jerusalem. The Christians thought it was there duty to fight back and reclaim the holy lands. The crusaders slaughtered hundreds of men women and children just to reclaim what was theres. -
Nov 15, 1147
The second Crusade- World
This was the first defensive crusade. The Muslims sent a full attack on Edessa, and took it. This was the first loss of the crusades. Then, the cruaders lead 50,000 men to their death is Syria. -
Sep 15, 1189
The Third Crusade- World
The third crusade was inspired by the crushing defeat at the end of the second crusade. Only one true battle was fought, and that was at the city of Arsuf. This battle was ended by a peace treaty that re-established Jerusalem. -
Aug 1, 1190
German Crusaders Die off After Fredrick 1 Dies- World
The German Army dies off after the emperor dies when trying to ford a river. Fredrick 1 lead the Italian campaigns. -
Nov 15, 1200
The Fourth Crusade- World
This was a Crusade called on by Pope Inocent III. The Crusaders mission, destroy the Byzantine emperor. -
Nov 19, 1212
Childrens Crusade - World
This was an awful battle that started with a 12 year old named Steven, who thought he could fight for the cross. He and 20,000 other children were blessed by the preachers and then they were off on
foot to Switzerland. It turned to a dissapointment when some of the kids turned against him. -
Nov 19, 1217
The 5th Crusade - World
This crusade was called by Pope Innocent III as a battle to take over Egypt. But many of the christian leaders were either fighting a battle and the other ones saw no reason to. They were all scared for another loss, like in the 2,3,and 4th crusade. -
Nov 19, 1228
The Sixth Crusade- World
This crusade was fought for the same reason they all were. Recover the holy lands. Fredrick excomunicated the emperor and took his palce. He sailed with an amazingly large army to Egypt, where he created a large army base right before he attacked Jerusalem. This was the first win in a long time for the crusaders bercause the last 4 crusades failed. This crusade acomplished more then those crusades combined by regaining Jerusalem. Jerusalem fell to the Turks 15 years later -
Nov 22, 1248
The Seventh Crusade- World
This crusade was lead by the French as an attack on Egypt, which was the leader of Muslem population. King Louis IX lead an army against 70,000 egytpians. It failed. King Louis was captured and his ransom was paid for 800,000 gold -
Nov 14, 1259
China v.s. Mongols- World
The battle of supremacy has been fought and China has won, taking the mongols land, is still a large part of China today. -
Nov 22, 1270
The Eighth Crusade- World
This was the last crusade aimed for the Holy Land, this was the last major crusade because of the loss in this battle. This was fought to keep the Mongols out of the Holy Land. Louis IX was scared when a group of Mamluks captured a city right next to them. Louis desided to attack Africa to cut off their homeland, it somewhat succesful because it all worked out, but most of them died from water sickness, such as cholera. Louis died to this and his last words were Jerusalem.
