OCR GCSE History B: World depth study — The First Crusade, c.1070–1100

What is included

What this course covers

• Section 1 — Origins c.1070–1095

  • 1.1 – The Islamic world, including its diversity and its relations with Christians
  • 1.2 – Pressures on the Byzantine Empire
  • 1.3 – Latin Christendom and the power of the papacy

• Section 2 — Responses November 1095 to December 1096

  • 2.1 – Urban II and the preaching of the First Crusade
  • 2.2 – Joining the First Crusade: who went and why
  • 2.3 – The People’s Crusade and the challenges it faced

• Section 3 — Into Asia Minor December 1096 to October 1097

  • 3.1 – Alexios I and his negotiations with the crusade leaders
  • 3.2 – The siege of Nicaea and the Battle of Dorylaeum: Christian and Muslim warfare
  • 3.3 – The journey across Asia Minor: physical challenges and disunity among the leadership

• Section 4 — Antioch October 1097 to June 1098

  • 4.1 – The siege by the crusaders
  • 4.2 – The capture of Antioch: rivalries, strategies and atrocities
  • 4.3 – The events of June and the defeat of Kerbogha

• Section 5 — Jerusalem July 1098 to July 1100

  • 5.1 – Disputes, delays and the journey to Jerusalem
  • 5.2 – The capture of Jerusalem: preparations, tactics and the sack of the city
  • 5.3 – The establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Muslim response

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