The Causes Of Pope Urban II : The Crusades

In 1095 Pope Urban II traveled from northern Italy to France to preside over the council of Clermont. After Pope Urban II delivered his sermon, Pope Urban II called for the faithful to help the Christians in the East against the Turks, and free Jerusalem from Turkish rule. Therefore, this sermon has come to be known as Urban II’s Call to Crusade and the beginning of the first Holy War. Notably, in Pope Urban II’s sermon to entice people to help, they were offered spiritual rewards of forgiveness

Crusades can be understood as holy wars between different types of religious believes that were fought between the Church and Islam. What the term actually means is “to bear a cross” . This was an effect from the Europeans from the west causing wars between Islam in the Middle East because their religion were different and fighting for the Holy Land. The Crusades caused an enormous amount of bloodshed for the purpose of different societies having different religious believes fighting for Jerusalem

The Importance of the Crusades The crusades were fought by the Muslim and Christians over the “Holy land” of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is where the founder of the Muslim, Muhammad, lived. It is also where the Christian, Messiah, spent most of his life, and where he was crucified. The Crusades may have been called the “Holy Wars”, but there was nothing holy about them. There were thousands of people killed in this pointless war that probably would not have even happened if not for Emperor Constantine’s

worship their God. Pope Urban II’s speech at Clermont inspired by claims made by the Byzantium Emperor encouraged the Christians to partake in the First Crusade in an attempt to liberate Jerusalem. The religious and economic factors were the most relevant to cause this crusade, with some influence from desired political gain and little from social factors unrelated to religion. The immediate consequences were positive for the Christians and negative for the Muslims, but the First Crusade launched an ongoing

Pope Urban II: Emissary of God or Mad Man? In the Middle Ages, religious authorities played a significant role in the declaration of foreign wars, in countries like Europe. One of the most infamous religious figures during the middle ages, Popes Urban II did more than advocate for the declaration of a war, he started the war (Christian History Para.1-2). Pope Urban played a major role in the declaration of the first crusade of the many crusades, that would span 196-year. This lengthy array of battles

"Crusade," The word itself almost leaves a foul taste in a Christians mouth as they look back at those dark times in the Church's history. The Crusades are not a "dark time" in the Church's history. It is a time full of historical significance and it constantly gets overlooked and seen as a mistake. Perhaps, however, it is not a mistake, one could make a case for the Crusaders that they were only trying to protect the relics and sites they saw as holy. One thing that many Christians do not understand

Byzantine Emperor Alexius I made a special appeal to Urban II for help. The idea that Europe could be united under one common enemy, and awakened the desire to save the Holy Land and Jerusalem from the Turks, and the hope for acquiring new territory in the East were all causes of the Crusades. A significant cause for the Crusades was Pope Urban II’s call to fight the Seljuk Turks and defend Constantinople in order to unite Europe. Pope Urban II explained to his people that Alexius of the Byzantine

In the reading of the “Letter of Pope Urban II, 1095, a little bell rings the name Paul. The Paul that was once known as “Saul,” in relaxing and listening to the tape of Pope Urban II, as he recites this letter. It is as though Paul and Peter, the Apostles of Jesus has returned from the grave, and you hear, Paul states, “Beloved Brethren and Sisters, I speak with you from the zeal of God, as an Ambassador (paraphrase).” (Ephesians 6:20) Pope Urban II uses the scriptures to goat the people into

notable, historical crusade has done this and has succeeded, but at a price. There hasn’t been a movement more momentous than the First Crusade. The First Crusade was a pilgrimage turned military expedition to Jerusalem that was sponsored by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clement in November 1095 in the aspiration to set out from the west to the recover the holy city from the hands of the Muslims. The aim of this paper is to examine the causes and effects of the First Crusade. The focus will

The primary source I chose is the call to the Crusades given by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095. No one wrote down what he said at the time of his speech, but there 5 written accounts of his speech written down after the fact. I chose the version by Fulcher of Chartres because he either was in attendance, or he personally knew someone who attended, that person likely being Bishop ___ of Chartres. Just as most scribes of this time period in what is now Europe were clergymen, Fulcher