After the Midterm Primary Source Summary Assignment – “The Crusades”
Instructions: Please com ...
After the Midterm Primary Source Summary Assignment – “The Crusades”
Instructions: Please compose a 5-to-6 page essay, with double-spaced text, standard font and 1” margins either by typing in the textbox on Canvas OR by uploading a file saved in either .doc or .docx format. This essay should summarize what you see as the contents, philosophies expressed, and historical context of the excerpts of Pope Urban Calls the Crusade and his Letter of Instruction, the sources regarding Peter the Hermit, the sources regarding the Conquest of Nicea, the Conquest of Antioch, and the Conquest of Jerusalem, and the excerpts from The Autobiography of Usama ibn Mundiqh: Excerpts on the Franks to analyze the Crusades - both analyzing what caused them, as well as how they progressed, as well as differentiating between and comparing and contrasting the "Crusaders", Byzantine, and Muslim perspectives on The Crusades, and then, based on the information found in these documents, evaluate not only their significance and influences on contemporaneous societies during the era of the Crusades, but also assessing their ongoing significances and influences on our modern society.
This assignment must be submitted in essay format – with an introduction, main body, and conclusion. No additional research is required. Please cite the documents or textbook when you quote or paraphrase them. Do not plagiarize your papers – please note that all plagiarized papers earn a grade of 0.
This assignment will be worth a maximum of 50 points. The essay is due posted to the Canvas site by Sunday April 28th – no late papers accepted.
Your analysis should include analysis of the context of these sources (in what era and what society are they written and how might events taking place at the time have influenced the ideas/philosophies of each document), an analysis of each source, as well as a comparison between them as they are all contemporary of each other and describing the same events from different perspectives - both within the "Crusader" society as well as among the "Crusaders" and the Byzantines and Muslims they encounter, an assessment of the various contexts of "Crusading" and the differing perspectives of "Frankish" Crusaders, Byzantines, and Muslims, as well as an evaluation of the impacts and significance of the ideas each of the authors express and results of their efforts, both on their societies as well as on the world today. This assignment must be submitted in essay format – with an introduction, main body, and conclusion. Further research outside the provided sources and other course materials is not required for this essay. Please cite the documents or textbook when you quote or paraphrase them and please note that Wikipedia or other such sites are not appropriate for college-level essays. Use of or submission of papers using AI, ChatGPT, Ai paper writer or other such technology is also prohibited.
The documents are linked in the course syllabus and here for your convenience: Crusades documents-1.docx Download Crusades documents-1.docx
