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WHY DID PEOPLE SUPPORT THE CRUSADES?
the Crusades was for the Crusader leaders to gain more political support in their home countries in their efforts to be reigned.The preaching of Pope Urban II also is an excellent cause for the Crusades. The phrase "God wills It." is spoken by him and remembered throughout the Crusades.The tendency to get political control of the city of Jerusalem
It was Pope Urban II who gave a moving speech in France at Clemont in 1095 to launch the first crusade. Although other popes and papal legislates gave equally emotive speechs to gain support for the other crusades.
The peasants had no choice except to do as they were told. Those in charge stood to gain power, money and land. Also, at that time almost everyone was a faithful member of the Catholic church, and believed that by fighting in the crusades they gained their own salvation. In addition, the peasants were freed from their boring farming tasks if they chose to fight.
Urban II urged people to join the crusades by emphasizing the religious importance of reclaiming the Holy Land from Muslim control. He promised forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation for those who participated in the holy war. Additionally, he highlighted the opportunity to gain wealth, land, and glory in the conquest of Jerusalem.
The role of pope urban was to convince the Franks to go to the east to assist the Byzantines against the attacks of the Muslim Turks and to liberate Jerusalem -the crusades-
hayes vowed to fight dishonesty in government
to gain trade monopolies resulting in getting rich
some motives for joining the crusades, where to gain wealth, to be forgiven your sins by helping the pope, and to have an adventure and prove your bravery.
People wanted to go fight in the crusades for various reasons, including religious fervor, desire for adventure and glory, hope for riches and land acquisition, and the promise of redemption and salvation. Additionally, some were motivated by a sense of duty to defend Christian lands and holy sites in the Holy Land.
Probably the First Crusades.
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