Medieval Pilgrimages

To spread the christian religion and also to make money.

They usually take religious symbols with them (rosaries, images of saints, crosses) and walk from their city or village of origin into larger churches. The largest of these churches would be the La Villa Basilica, in Mexico City; such religious building was built to honor Mary of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico.

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The life of a serf was work all day mabey some fun but when the sun went down so did they.

Cash troubles basically. The organisers had hoped for around 35,000 participants to depart from Venice, so they organised transport with the Venetians to Alexandria. The Venetians agreed to organise this, and reserved their whole fleet, merchant and war, for the crusaders that year. This was a huge financial risk since no normal trading would happen that year, so any profits would have to come from crusader payments and conquests (and the ensuing lucrative monopolies they were hoping for).

When the time had come to depart, only around 13,000 crusaders had arrived, so there was not enough cash to pay the Venetians the agreed sum of 85,000 ducats. That lead to the Venetians re-purposing the crusade for their own needs to make up for the loss. First they conquered Zara, and then they continued to Constantinople to effect a regime change.

The reason for the move to Constantinople were primarily to put a prince on the throne who had made promises to financially and militarily support the crusaders. Since the armies were still desperately short on cash, these promises seemed to solve all the crusader's problems in one go, so the decision was made to reroute to Byzantium.

Once there things escalated into violence quickly as the crusaders found out their prince had virtually no support and that force was needed to effect the regime change. This resulted in the infamous sack of Constantinople in 1204 after which the remaining crusaders set up the so called Latin Empire of Constantinople.

During the whole crusade many had already left because they didn't wanted to attack fellow Christians and/or face excommunication by the pope. Those who remained were now required to secure these new and very unstable states, so the end result was that almost none of the original crusaders went on to the Holy Land.

The only real winner as such would be Venice who knew the area very well and managed to gain a number of desirable trading ports and islands as well as exclusive trading consessions.

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She promises to give him the answer he seeks on condition that he do one thing for her if it is in his power.

A morrow mass is a mass celebrated early in the morning.

Whether by land or by sea, months. Your only choices for overland

transportation were: Ride on an animal, ride in a wagon pulled by an

animal, or walk.

Oceans, seas, and rivers provided places where people could fish and routes for transportation. Fish for food was very important; it was caught hundreds of miles out to sea, salted, and transported inland as a preserved product.

The sea was a trading route, and was an important route for conquest. It was the route preferred by many who went on crusades, and was the defining feature of the Hanseatic League, which traded through Northern Europe, and of such Italian cities as Venice and Genoa.

Transportation brought changes to the Middle Ages, as not just people, but ideas were moved about, which was an important effect of the crusades. The Hanseatic League and the Italian trading republics contributed greatly to the rise of the middle class.

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In 410 AD Rome fell and so began a 1000 years of history known as the "dark ages."

They refused entrance to all sick folk, and engaged in public processions and humble supplications addressed to God.

He was a steward.

Yes, he was a steward, but in a monastery or a college. He was responsible for the purchase of provisions.

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Most people. Medieval fairs were usually held on feast days when there could be a high turnout. They were usually a mix of entertainers (musicians, tricksters) and craftsmen who could sell their wares. This attracted a high turnout of people from most social classes though the highest nobility would often refrain from going.

Catholics are not required to go on pilgrimages to any of the various holy sites throughout the world. Some Catholics never go, others may go on pilgrimages quite frequently.

The compass helped people in the Middle Ages improve their navigational abilities. This was a time of exploration, and the compass helped navigators as they explored on land and sea.

Yes, there are many states where a valid judgment status is from 10-20 years. In addition the majority of judgments are renewable, therefore it is quite likely a judgment could still be in force at nineteen years. You would need to consult the laws of the state that pertain to the specific type of judgment that was granted. Or consult a qualified attorney, most attorneys offer free or minimal fee consultations.

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Serfs were on about the same social level as villeins and cottars.

Serfs were above slaves, if any existed in the place where the serfs lived. Serfs were not bought or sold, but they were not free to leave the land on which they lived. They were mostly agricultural workers and unusually had plots of land assigned to them to farm for their own benefit.

Villeins were like serfs, but did not have plots of land assigned to them.

Cottars were apparently like serfs except that they were not bound to the land and had the option of moving away, which would have been a rather risky thing to do since it would leave them without home or income, unless they had some other arrangement. The nature of the cottar is not clearly understood, however.

Above the serf, but not necessarily much above, were freemen, who were not bound to the land.

Most of these people worked in agriculture, but they had other types of work to do. The simpler non agricultural chores of life were performed largely by serfs. These things included cleaning, helping cooks, lugging bricks for masons, digging ditches, washing and repairing clothes, and so on. They might have included such work as weaving, baking, cooking, depending on circumstances. Clearly there were hierarchies within job types.

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Because Catholic church wanted to control Jerusalem and that meant killing all Jews, moslems, and non-Roman Catholic Christians that already lived there. the best way to do it was to let people think it was a war for God, that way they got more volunteers.