Joshua+Welk+Writing+Assignment

=HIST 150 Writing Assingment= Joshua L. Welk The topic I chose, the First Crusade, was chosen as I wished to learn more about the crusades then what I might learn in a normal classroom, plus I always found bloody wars claimed to be under the name of God to be somewhat, for lack of better words, amusing. I've always wanted to look a little more at the crusades, but never really had a reason to, at least, until now that is. So since I've got the opportunity to look into it more, I've decided to take advantage of it and look into the crusades further. From my reading of the primary source, which is this case was a letter to the pope at the time, I feel like I gained a look at the mentality of a person that not only lived during the crusades, but was part of the Crusades as well. It not only gives me a look at a what a person during these times thought was important to them, but also gives me a look at the mentality of a “Crusader” of the First Crusade. I like the addition of a crusader's thoughts to what I know about the crusades. I must say, in comparison to the feel of a primary source, the secondary source has more of a report feel to it. I must say that the primary source gave it's information in a natural way that you had to actually look for the information given instead of just reading it from a report. I enjoyed reading the primary source more than the secondary source due to it being natural writing that I was looking at and wasn't so drab and monotonous with the information I could get with it. Overall, I see the First Crusade to be military history, but I think it could possibly fit in social history as well. The reason for such is that the Crusades were set forth by the church, which played a large role in the society of that time. Though I will admit that the logic used there is somewhat weak for considering it social history. So with that I will affirm my belief that the First Crusade is best categorized under military history.

Primary Source: “Daimbery, Godfrey and Raymond, Letter to the Pope (1099).” Accessed November 23rd, 2010, __[]__ Secondary Source: “The First Crusade.” Accessed November 24th. 2010, __[]__