Crusades the Objective of This Research Paper

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"[footnoteRef:6] At the time of The Crusades the relations between the West and Byzantium is reported to have been characterized "as a clash of cultures." [footnoteRef:7] The Greeks are reported to have seen themselves as "civilized superiors to the barbaric and violent westerners." [footnoteRef:8] However, it is reported that the Western Christians did not have a monopoly on brutality, as "the Byzantines were capable of extraordinary unpleasantness. he death of Emperor Andronicus I Comnenus in 1185 bears witness to this. With one eye gouged out, his teeth pulled out and his right hand severed, he was paraded through the streets of Constantinople, pelted with excrement before being hung upside down, having his genitals hacked off and finally killed by sword thrusts into his mouth and between his buttocks."[footnoteRef:9] The Fourth Crusade resulted in the crusaders contracting the Venetians to supply a fleet and in 1202 in the Fall of the year 200 ships set sail. The Crusaders captured the suburb of Galata and broke through the harbor of the Golden Horn with only patchy resistance on the part of the Greeks.

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The battle raged on and finally the Crusaders got an upper hand and slaughtered many and women of all ages were raped. The Hagia Sophia cathedral was robbed and many other churches and palaces pillaged. [1: Judaism Today (2013) p.1] [2: Judaism Today (2013) p.1] [3: Judaism Today (2013) p.1] [4: Judaism Today (2013) p.1] [5: Judaism Today (2013) p.1] [6: Judaism Today (2013) p.1] [7: Phillips (2004) p.1] [8: Phillips (2004) p.1] [9: Phillips (2004) p.1]

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The actions of The Crusaders during the Crusades were not all sanctioned by Western Christians who did not know the atrocities which took place. However, the Crusades resulted in many deaths of Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike......

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