Hi! I have what feels like an impossible History assignment and was hoping for some help. My prompt is:
Though often taught as war between religions, the First Crusade is no longer seen as such by historians. Instead, one emphasis is placed on the availability of land and inheritance laws (primogeniture). Discuss how it contributed to the launching of the First Crusade; be sure to support your answer with specific examples from scholarly peer-reviewed sources.
I've been looking for two days and cannot find any "scholarly" resources on this. I can barely find any material on it in general. Could anyone be of assistance? We are not given reading materials for this; we have to go research on our own. We are not permitted to use textbooks, encyclopedias, .com sites, .org sites, or anything that is not peer-reviewed.
Any help would be appreciated!
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