Two Faces of a Holy War:Christians, Muslims & the Crusader Period (1095-1270s)

Two Faces of a Holy War:Christians, Muslims & the Crusader Period (1095-1270s)

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Two Faces of a Holy War:
Christians, Muslims & the Crusader Period (1095-1270s)

The Background:
Christianity and Islam both see themselves as the keepers of God’s ultimate revelation of Himself to humanity, and both have built within their doctrines
the commandment to proselytize and spread to include all peoples. Beginning in the 1000s A.D. both Christians and Muslim were willing to spread their
respective faiths by force—eventually causing the clash of the two religions in what is today known as the Middle East. As Muslims, namely the Seljuk
Turks, referred to this as holy jihad, European Christians undertook a holy pilgrimage of their own, later called the crusades.

By the time the first Christian army arrived in Palestine in 1098, written accounts by one side about the other had been circulated and read (or listened
to). There is little doubt that these accounts created perceptions and stereotypes in the minds of Christians who had never met Muslims, and vice versa.
Moreover, it is clear that these accounts helped to formulate idea in each camp of how the other should be treated.

Your Task:
1) Determine and analyze the perceptions and stereotypes that Christians and Muslims created for the other. 2) Whether accurate or inaccurate, how might
have these perceptions and stereotypes influenced the ways in which Christians and Muslims chose to deal with one another?

The Requirements:
Respond to the above question primarily by making use of at least 4 of the 5 sources from the set of document entitled “Two Faces of a Holy War”. To cite
these sources, use the author and title of the primary source as seen on the pdf (ie. Usamah Ibn-Munqidh Describes the Franks) In addition, you must
reference one additional source, from a scholarly journal

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