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PART ONE: EVERYONE MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION. TOTAL POINTS—25Give a general overview of how Peter the Hermit is discussed in Armies of Heaven and then compare this to how he is presented in Terry Jones’ “Pilgrims in Arms”. Make sure you refer to specific examples from each to support your observations. Based on your understanding of how he is presented in these two places, what do you think his historical significance is? Use examples to support your conclusions. Resources for answering this question: Armies of Heaven Terry Jones’ “Pilgrims in Arms”, http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ikani PART TWO: EVERYONE MUST ANWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS… EITHER QUESTION A or QUESTION B; YOUR CHOICE, do not do both. TOTAL POINTS—35 A) What were Pope Urban II’s goals based upon Fulcher of Chartres’ account given of the speech/sermon at Clermont in 1095? How does Fulcher’s version of Urban’s sermon reflect the Peace and Truce of God? Make sure you refer to specific examples from the texts! What did Emperor Alexius want from Pope Urban? How might we be able to account for the differences between what Alexius wanted and what Urban wanted? Do you think Urban got more than even he wanted? Why or why not (be specific)? Use examples to support your conclusions. Resources for answering this question: Lectures Armies of Heaven Fulcher of Chartres: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/urban2-5vers.html#Fulcher Peace of God – Synod of Charroux, 989: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/pc-of-god.asp Decree of the Emperor Henry IV Concerning a Truce of God: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/dechenry.asp OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR B) Compare and contrast the crusading experiences of Raymond IV of Toulouse and Godfrey of Bouillon as they are presented in Armies of Heaven. The best answers will give an overall overview of how they are each presented, then focus on a couple of key comparative experiences to talk about in more detail. How would you judge the chara

cter of these crusaders? Finally, identify which of these two crusaders most likely felt like they achieved what they set out to do. Be sure to refer to examples from Armies of Heaven to support your observations and conclusions. Resource for answering this question: Armies of Heaven–only Extra credit questions Extra Credit questions are worth 2 pts each (total 4 pts). You should be able to answer each of these in a sentence or two. 1) St. Augustine maintains that certain acts are, in and of themselves, neutral in character, for example killing another person in war. Based on your understanding of “Augustine of Hippo on the Just War”, what makes killing someone in war acceptable or “righteous”? 2) We discussed this quote in class: “it can be seen that the Albigensian crusades went far beyond the normal conventions of early thirteenth-century warfare, in the scale of the slaughter, in the execution of high-status opponents, male and female, in the mutilation of prisoners, in the humiliation and shaming of the defeated, and in the quite overt use of terror as a method of achieving one’s goals”. Speculate why you think the European Catholic church may have found the Albigensians even more threatening than Muslims in the Holy LandAnswer PreviewPeter the Hermit was a famous person in the early 1096, who led popular crusades in his time. He did his preaching in a more specific and different way to win a number of worshippers. Believers were given the opportunity to fight for their God’s salvation plan so did Peter the Hermit. People claimed that the crusaders were not genuine but they were forced to preach by their hidden motives and forces such as greed. Peter the Hermit was therefore wanted by people like Rubenstein since his preaching was said to be an invitation to the believers to send war to the Jews which led to a Christian war. Peter the hermit is presented differently in “Armies of Heaven” and the Terry Jones, “Pilgrims…APA 593 words
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