Humanities Medieval

This blog post is to describe two of the characters from the Blood Red Horse and explain what I have learned about the life of the Medieval people during the 1100s. The two characters that I will explain about are William and Gavin. Both of them are sons to Sir Thomas De Granville. Gavin was the oldest son, 4 years older than William. Gavin seems to be a bully and uses his power and wealth to make other people obey what he wanted them to do. Since he was also the eldest son of Sir Thomas De Granville, he inherited all of the wealth and fortunes that the De Granville family had. It also means that he gets to marry Ellie. However after Gavin comes back from the first crusade, he became a much more dark person. He did not care about any one but himself. He proves this by using Hosanna till she is almost dead. Will is the younger son of the De Granville family. He is kind and likable. However he is very strong willed and once he made up his mind to do something, he would not be stopped by anyone. He also has a special bond with Hosanna the horse that he had gotten as hiss first warhorse. At times they would seem to be together matching each other with exact thoughts.

The 1100s was the when the crusaders had lost Jerusalem back to the muslims and were launching a second crusade to take the country back into control. The Crusader army at that time consisted of the Holy Roman army, England, Germany, France. The Crusaders attacked Jerusalem several times after the first Crusade to regain the Holy City( Jerusalem ) back into the Christian hands. The Pope had also just claimed that the people who died fighting for the cause of the Christian Empire would be sent to heaven immediately. However they believed that animals had no souls so they would not go to heaven.