the Church is the organisation of the Christian religion

the pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church

a bishop is a senior member of the Christian Church

excommunication is the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church

Background to the Crusades: the medieval Western Church

History

Background to the Crusades: the Byzantine Empire

Background to the Crusades: the Seljuk Empire

Pope Urban II's call to crusade

The First Crusade

The causes of the First Crusade

This unit allowed pupils to evaluate the various causes which can lead to international conflict. In 'The Wars of the Roses: what does it tell us about fifteenth-century England?', pupils will consider similar factors and motives for individuals but within the context of groups from the same country who go to war against one another.

In 'The Christian Church: how completely did the Great Schism transform Christendom?', pupils studied some of the structures and features of European Christianity in the 11th century. In this unit, pupils will deepen their understanding of Christian Europe by assessing the power of the Church in people's lives and other factors which affected individuals' and groups' decision-making.

In this unit, pupils develop a deep understanding of the First Crusade's background. They learn how the interplay of events across Western Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Seljuk Empire led to this significant campaign.

The Crusades: did Europeans go on crusade to capture the 'holy land'?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

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Who controlled the Papal States, a kingdom in central Italy?

Which two reasons  prevented people from disobeying Church rules?

Who led the Church in medieval Western Europe?

What do Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul have in common?

What happened to the main language when the Roman Empire collapsed?

Which two were Islamic caliphates based in the Middle East?

Background to the Crusades: the medieval Western Church

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