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Roman Catholic AnswerPope Urban asked Christians to liberate the Holy Land. See the link below:
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-
pope urban the second is famous because he was the one who told people to go on the first crusades because god wanted the Muslims killed and that jurisalum was rightfully thiers.
Pope Urban II. He gave a speech in Clemont, France declaring that everyone should go on a crusade to get back the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Pope Urban II called upon Christendom to go on the Crusades in 1095; Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. You do the math. ^_^
The Holy Land was under the control of the Muslims and he wanted to return it to the Christians, so the Pope called for a crusade.
They wanted to gain power since they asked the pope for help
Poor people went on Crusades because they were told the were going to find untold riches in the Holy Land. Pope Urban II also said that anyone who went on a Crusade was to be absolved of their sins. A notable leader of poor people like this would be Peter the Hermit
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-
the Muslims had taken over Jerusalem and the Christians wanted it back so the pope called for a crusade. he said that if you fought and died you would go to heaven and that if you survived you would get to see the holy land.
go ask the pope.
Pope Urban II made a encouraging speech to the pilgrims and people of Europe. They took swords and Shields in order to drive back the Muslims who were taking their holy lands. Spirit and religion is what drove them. They were not forced to go on the crusades but they went of there own free will