HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades (1096-1291) was to ____
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Unite Arab people
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Establish Christianity in the West
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Capture the Holy Land from Islam
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Strengthen the power of European rulers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Their objectives were to check the spread of Islam, to retake control of the Holy Land in the eastern Mediterranean, to conquer pagan areas, and to recapture formerly Christian territories; they were seen by many of their participants as a means of redemption and expiation for sins.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Crusades also negatively impacted the Muslim-Christian relations-widened the gap, and led to the mutual hatred and hostility. In addition, Christianity also got fractured into two factions: Greek and Latin.
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