Notes-Crusades

• Kingdom of France- split between barrons and dukes
• In England-ruled by Normans
• Capetians had a close tie with the church
• Gothic architecture going to England
• 8th century Spain occupied
• Muslims ruled country for 700 years
• Library of Alexandria burned- tkaen over by constantinople- knowledge is gone
• Knowledge base of western europe is shrunk
• mistake of crusades- the goal of getting jerusalem was bad..they just made the muslims their enemies..for 700 years they cut out that part of the year that they needed
• Result--plunged Europe into a dark age...but the other part of the world is going through a Renaissance-they have the works of Aristotle
• In Europe- we have a fear of the unknown
• They realized that the other people had Aristotle and they were just wasting their time
• Aristotle demonstrated that logic defeats superstition
• 2. anglosaxons bring christianity-religous significant- latin