The German Crusade
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- Created on: 07-04-14 19:10
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- The German Crusade 1196-8
- Why did Muslim Unity decline?
- Saladin dies, there is feuding betw/ his family (al Adil vs S's sons)
- Motives behind German Crusade
- Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- Wanted Imperial Leadership over Christendom - increase power + position, like Barbarossa, wanted Universal Empire
- Secure Pope's support for united monarchy in Ita. + Ger.
- Unhappy w/behaviour of Byzantines in 3rd Crusade
- Truce w/Muslims coming to an end, al-Adil making gains, taking Damascus 1196
- Led by Archbishop Conrad of Mainz + Archbishop Hartwig of Bremen (holy war enthusiast). Many who went had families w/crusading traditions. May have been trying to establish reputations
- Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- How successful was it?
- Gained tribute briefly from Byzantines but Alexius stops his payments after H VI's death
- Germans + eastern Franks took Beirut + Sidon, restoring land bridge from Tripoli to Tyre + Acre
- Ended their siege of Toron, on the road from Tyre to Damascus but return home after news of H's death
- Concluded m. of Isabella to Aimery of Cyprus
- Effects?
- Although Jaffa fallen, taken Beirut + Sidon - useful for bargaining
- New truce made by Aimery w/al Adil 1198-1204, meaning future crusades not welcome
- Provided model for 'nation based' crusading for next century
- Outremer is basically just Acre + Cyprus
- Increased hatred of B's in West
- Est. Teutonic knights 1196
- Why did Muslim Unity decline?
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