The First Crusade originated as the brainchild of the Catholic Pope Urban II and was announced at the Council of Claremont in Aquitaine in 1095 as a call to arms to reclaim Jerusalem and holy sites like the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where Jesus Christ was crucified and aide the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus against the Shia Muslim Seljuk Turks‚ who had taken Anatolia after a series of victories over the Byzantine Empire including the Battle of Manzikert. These events were recorded by Alexius
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The Crusades The crusades were a major part in the history of the middle ages‚ many people died for what they believed in. The crusades was a war between the Christian and Muslim faith. The Christians believed that the Muslim religion was growing too fast and was going to take over the Christian faith. Many of the battles were to take control of the Holy Land Jerusalem‚ and the battles were always bloody and many people died. Many of the people who fought in the crusades died for what they believed
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The Crusades were a series of wars that took place from 1095-1272 A.D. during the Middle Ages. During the Crusades‚ the Christians of Europe made efforts to try and regain control of Jerusalem‚ which was the Holy Land‚ as well as expand their kingdom’s territory. The Christians fought against the Jews and the Muslims. The Holy Land was important to the Christians‚ Jews‚ and Muslims all for religious reasons. “The Crusades were also a development of popular religious life and feeling in Europe‚ particularly
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Clermont For many years the point has been argued by historians as to whom to give credit for initiating The First Crusade. Some individuals might say that Peter the Hermit is responsible. However‚ historians agree that Pope Urban II ’s speech at the Council of Clermont initiated the First Crusade and influenced the people and events in the battles. In August of the year 1095 Pope Urban arrived in France to help reform the church there. He soon called for a general church council in November at
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of: Christianity‚ Isalm‚ Jerusalem‚ Crusades‚ trades‚ ’’Black Plague‚ had a major impact the population. 435 people gotten together to make the Bible‚ eventually led a Catholic church to be created. The leader of the Catholic church is called the Pope. The Pope will do anything to keep the Christianity’s religion glorified‚ if it was meant to kill or kick people out of there homes it was going to happen. The Crusade killed people in the Holy States. The Crusade were military campaigns sanctioned by
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The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the stated goal of capturing the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims‚ but this was more easily said than done. The motions that set this in place began “in 1071 when the Seljuk Sultan of Baghdad defeated the main Byzantine field army at Manzikert in Eastern Asia Minor and during the next few years Turkish war bands occupied most of the Asiatic Provinces of Byzantium. This made it hazardous for western pilgrims to make
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Contrary to many commonly held notions about the first crusade‚ in his book‚ The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading‚ Jonathan Riley-Smith sets out to explain how the idea of crusading thought evolved in the first crusade. In his book‚ Riley-Smith sets out five main arguments to show how these ideas of crusading evolved. Firstly‚ he argues that Pope Urban ’s original message was conventional‚ secondly that a more positive reaction was drawn from the laity (due to the ideas surrounding Jerusalem)
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Pope Urban II Rough draft Pope Urban II was born Otho de Lagery‚ sometime in 1042‚ as the second son to his family of Noble parents. He was from the Champagne region of France. This automatically meant that he was to be a part of the church. He was the head of the Catholic Church from 1088-1099. He had developed ecclesiastical reforms as a continuation of the reforms begun by Pope Gregory VII. Before he was Pope‚ he was a monk. Urban II eventually traveled to Rome where he would become the cardinal
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___‚ the Pope received the letter asking to help fight the Seljuks Turks and to drive them off Byzantine territory. The Pope during the late 12st century was Pope Urban II. Pope Urban II was a Catholic Christian and was in charge of all Catholic Church affairs. The Catholic Kingdoms derived from the Roman empire after the civilization had fallen.The kingdoms expanded its territory from present day France through present day Hungary; essentially Western Europe. In Catholic Kingdoms‚ the Pope has control
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Circa 1100 A.C.E. Pope Urban II makes makes one of the most influential speeches of religion during the Middle Ages. He orders all the Christians to fight the Muslims to take back the Holy Land. Pope Urban II made a huge religious impact during the middle ages by fueling the hate against muslims‚ guaranteeing a path to heaven‚ and giving the Church more power. There was already mistrust between the Christians and Muslims. To add to they were only seen as enemies that needed to be killed and slaughtered
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