Pope Urban's Response To The Crusades
Pope Urban was seeing an opening for power in 1095. Pope urban decided to assist the head of the Byzantine Empire by murdering the Turks. While the Turks are Muslim, and the Pope is Christian, the Pope desires the power to stay elsewhere and not in the hands of people who disbelieves in Christianity.
It is the first response to Pope Urban II’s call of arms last year in 1095, when he challenged the Lords of Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Turks. A French monk by the name of Peter the Hermit made the first attempt in what they are calling the People’s Crusade. It is unfortunate that this army put together by peter in a rushed attempt was disorganized and nearly all crusades were killed by the Turkish soldiers.
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A second crusade was formed by St. Bernard, the great abbot of Clair Vaux. Although St. Bernard enlisted other monarchs Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany had great inventions, his crusade did not end well.
The crusades continued over the past 100 years. European lords slaved to keep control over the crusader states being such as Edessa. The Holy Order of Knights fought back when a crusader state was charged against. Emperor Conrad III and King Louis VII were the two powerful monarchs associated. They desired to overtake Damascus instead of defending Edessa so the plan was unsuccessful and majority of the crusaders went home. The crusaders who remained defended Jerusalem.
For a year, King Richard kept trying to obtain control of Jerusalem, but yet Jerusalem never fell. King Richard just decided to create another idea instead. During this time, be started forming a connection with his enemy Saladin. He never broke through, even after multiple tries at Jerusalem. He did end up making an agreement with Saladin, which was Christians could enter the Holy Land and see their
It is the first response to Pope Urban II’s call of arms last year in 1095, when he challenged the Lords of Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Turks. A French monk by the name of Peter the Hermit made the first attempt in what they are calling the People’s Crusade. It is unfortunate that this army put together by peter in a rushed attempt was disorganized and nearly all crusades were killed by the Turkish soldiers.
A skillful army was constructed …show more content…
A second crusade was formed by St. Bernard, the great abbot of Clair Vaux. Although St. Bernard enlisted other monarchs Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany had great inventions, his crusade did not end well.
The crusades continued over the past 100 years. European lords slaved to keep control over the crusader states being such as Edessa. The Holy Order of Knights fought back when a crusader state was charged against. Emperor Conrad III and King Louis VII were the two powerful monarchs associated. They desired to overtake Damascus instead of defending Edessa so the plan was unsuccessful and majority of the crusaders went home. The crusaders who remained defended Jerusalem.
For a year, King Richard kept trying to obtain control of Jerusalem, but yet Jerusalem never fell. King Richard just decided to create another idea instead. During this time, be started forming a connection with his enemy Saladin. He never broke through, even after multiple tries at Jerusalem. He did end up making an agreement with Saladin, which was Christians could enter the Holy Land and see their