AQA A Level History Breadth Study: The Age of the Crusades, c1071-1204 June 2023 question paper 7042/1A

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to the situation in Outremer by 1187.

‘Western interventions in the Near East were primarily a response to Byzantium’s requests for help in the years 1071 to 1099.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was Outremer weaker in 1149 than it had been in the 1120s?

‘In the years 1146 to 1174, Nureddin was motivated more by personal ambition than by his religious beliefs.’

Assess the validity of this view.