B. Primary Source Documents Source 1: “The Siege of Jerusalem: Christian and Muslim Perspectives” 1. Fulcher of Chartres described the First Crusade as violent, messy, and merciless since there was blood everywhere and no one was spared. He uses adjectives like vigorously, uproar, and assailing to describe the advancing Christians. Fulcher says the Christians behaved ruthless because there was about ten thousand people beheaded and the blood of the dead would have reached your feet. 2. Ibn al-Athir described the First Crusade as violent and terrible, because the Christians killed lot of people while they also robbed a lot of valuables from the Muslims. The primary purpose of the Crusades of the Christians was to get rid of non-Christians, non-Christian …show more content…
The differences between the two descriptions are the one written by Fulcher was that the Christians tried to conquer the area by killing every non-Christian people. The second one written by Ibn al-Athir said that there were a lot of people being slaughtered and it seemed more of not to help the Christian religion, but they slaughtered because they wanted to, and while also robbed the area. The differences between the two descriptions comes from the fact that Fulcher of Chartres was on the side of the crusaders while Ibn al-Athir was a Muslim writer. The two people were on opposing sides, so their view of the First Crusade would be …show more content…
The steps that were taken to keep the plague from spreading was the city was cleansed, and the sick were not allowed to enter the city. The common people were also confined to their homes with hopes that they did not fall ill. 3. The symptoms of the Plague were swelling of the groin or armpit. The swelling, also called boils, eventually spread all over the body, and then later the person had livid spots on arms, thighs, and the whole body. The plague passed from person to person through contact by anything that the sick touched as well as touching the sick person. 4. When they ran out of places to bury the dead, huge trenches were dug in churchyards. The dead bodies were piled layer upon layer with a little earth in between the layers, this process continued until the trench was completely filled. 5. The effect of living during the time of the plague would mentally scar a person. They would be mentally scared and paranoid of becoming sick, while physically they would try everything to not get sick. People would probably get sick from paranoia and they would be convinced they could die soon. Knowing that they might die soon, they would try to live life day to day, and might do dangerous things knowing that they could die soon. Source 3: “A Feminist Heroine: Christine de Pizan on Joan of