Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: On the Opening of the First Crusade
A historical document about the opening of the First Crusade, describing preparations and the people involved.
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History of the First Crusade: Alexius I Comnenus: Appeal to Europe
A description of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus' appeal for aid from the West against the threatening Turks.
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The Story of the First Crusade: An Overview
An in-depth overview of the major events of the First Crusade.
Boise State University
Euopean History: The First Crusade
This site covers the First Crusade in-depth. It is broken down into several categories for easier reading.
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The Peoples' Crusade
Imagine a multinational army of volunteers marching across a continent with minimal organization and direction to take on the most powerful army in the world. This was the People's Crusade, the First Crusade.
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Woman Spirit: Tocmetone (Sarah Winnemucca) Paiute
Biography of Winnemucca, peacemaker, crusader, and champion of the Native American cause.
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Ohranger.com: Marjory Douglas
An introduction to Marjory Stoneman Douglas who was called the "mother of the Everglades." She was an environmentalist and activist who committed herself to protect this watery region considered by some to be a worthless swamp.
Curated OER
The 'Holy Innocents' Are Slaughtered
Imagine a multinational army of volunteers marching across a continent with minimal organization and direction to take on the most powerful army in the world. This was the People's Crusade, the First Crusade.
Duke University
Duke University: Ida B. Wells Barnett(1862 1931) and Her Passion for Justice
Read this brief biography of Ida B. Wells, who used her pen and the force of her personality to fight against lynching and other injustices against African Americans.
American Public Media
American Radioworks: Why Are They So Angry at Us
A look at the anger and resentment aimed at America from the Middle Eastern nations. This article gives an overview of relations beginning with the Crusades and proceeding into modern times with interviews of people from the Arab...
Black Past
Black Past: Barnett, Ida Wells
This biography details the life and journalistic career of African American women's rights activist Ida B. Wells Barnett.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pope Urban Ii
Pope Urban II presiding over the council of Clermont in 1095 and calling the Christian people to the first crusade for the deliverance of the Holy Land, after an engraving of the sixteenth century.-Gordy, 1912