Ett amerikanskt korståg? En jämförelse mellan katolska kyrkans korståg under medeltiden och USA:s politik under kalla kriget.
(2005)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The Catholic Church launched several crusades during the medieval ages in order to regain
the holy lands and spread the word of God. Their main enemy, the Muslims had grown
stronger and needed to be suppressed. This common enemy united Europe under the banner of
the Catholic Church. In order to fund these crusades the church turned to the wealthy
European kings and lords and asked for funding. In return the kings received an indulgence
letter, and also greater respect from their subjects because of their new appreciation from the
pope. The Indulgence letters promise of salvation applied to the people as well as the kings.
In return the people joined the armies and fought in the war against the Muslims. During the
Cold War American... (More) - The Catholic Church launched several crusades during the medieval ages in order to regain
the holy lands and spread the word of God. Their main enemy, the Muslims had grown
stronger and needed to be suppressed. This common enemy united Europe under the banner of
the Catholic Church. In order to fund these crusades the church turned to the wealthy
European kings and lords and asked for funding. In return the kings received an indulgence
letter, and also greater respect from their subjects because of their new appreciation from the
pope. The Indulgence letters promise of salvation applied to the people as well as the kings.
In return the people joined the armies and fought in the war against the Muslims. During the
Cold War American politics was partly concentrated on uniting the American people and the
West against the communist threat in the east. Due to the onset of modernization the start of
mass production many Americans were moving into the suburbs that were being built around
the cities. This led to a need for unity and security. The American public found this in religion
while the state regained it from a common enemy, communism. These were the two
arguments used by the American government when it attempted to unite the American people
and, on a worldpolitical arena,the West. (Less)
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- author
- Sundberg, Charlotte
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- America, Cold War, Communism, Catholic church, religion, crusades, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1333289
- date added to LUP
- 2005-09-22 00:00:00
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- 2005-09-22 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The Catholic Church launched several crusades during the medieval ages in order to regain
the holy lands and spread the word of God. Their main enemy, the Muslims had grown
stronger and needed to be suppressed. This common enemy united Europe under the banner of
the Catholic Church. In order to fund these crusades the church turned to the wealthy
European kings and lords and asked for funding. In return the kings received an indulgence
letter, and also greater respect from their subjects because of their new appreciation from the
pope. The Indulgence letters promise of salvation applied to the people as well as the kings.
In return the people joined the armies and fought in the war against the Muslims. During the
Cold War American politics was partly concentrated on uniting the American people and the
West against the communist threat in the east. Due to the onset of modernization the start of
mass production many Americans were moving into the suburbs that were being built around
the cities. This led to a need for unity and security. The American public found this in religion
while the state regained it from a common enemy, communism. These were the two
arguments used by the American government when it attempted to unite the American people
and, on a worldpolitical arena,the West.}},
author = {{Sundberg, Charlotte}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ett amerikanskt korståg? En jämförelse mellan katolska kyrkans korståg under medeltiden och USA:s politik under kalla kriget.}},
year = {{2005}},
}