AQA A Level History Breadth Study: The Age of the Crusades, c1071-1204 November 2020 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 rise of Saladin.

‘The main result of the First Crusade was that it increased the power of the Papacy.’

Assess the validity of this view with reference to the years 1088 to c1120.

To what extent was the establishment of Outremer by 1131 due to failures within the Islamic World from 1099?

How important was desire for economic gain in persuading people to take the Cross in the years after the Second Crusade?