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Understanding the Crusades: Personal Motives of the Crusaders and the Changing Perceptions of the War’s Consequences

  • Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences
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  • 2021, 64(3), pp.5-20
  • DOI : 10.17939/hushss.2021.64.3.001
  • Publisher : Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Received : July 14, 2021
  • Accepted : August 30, 2021
  • Published : September 6, 2021

Chun, Kwang Ho 1

1전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper examines the Christian attitude toward war and the violence as a result of the Crusades over 1000years. Each crusader had different and personal motives, but the ones that this paper examine are the most common ones. The conclusion reached from the examination was that the motives for the majority of the Crusaders involved in the war were that they participated in the expedition for religious beliefs, not for personal gain and colonization of Islamic states. However, institutionally, the gains made through the Crusades solidified the importance of Christianity in Western society and greatly changed the church's attitude toward violence.

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