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.
Pope Urban II enlisted Europeans to launch the First Crusade in order to rescue the Holy Land of Jerusalem from the Muslim Turks. There would go on to be six major Crusades.
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.
The pope hoped to protect Christians in the East and, mainly, to recapture the Holy Land from Muslim Turks.
He wanted to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land and return possession to Christianity.
Urban II wanted to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land and return control to Christians.
The crusades were called to force the Muslims out of the Holy Land and return control to Christianity.
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Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade.
The Crusades were launched by Pope Urban II, not Pope Urban III.
Pope Urban II called for the first Crusade.
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Pope Urban II.
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The name of the pope that urged people to join the crusades was Pope Urban II.
He called for the Crusades from Clermont, France.
the pope was pope urban II and the crusades started in 1096.
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