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Why did the Byzantine Emperor ask the pope for help?
to get protection by muslims
Why did the byzantines regret asking the europeans for help?
They did, Byzantine Emperor John Komneos I asked the Pope of the time, to send troops form the entire Christian world to fight off the "raging ahead terrible Muslims"
Why was the emperor of the Byzantine empire considered a theocracy?
The Byzantine Emperor was viewed as God's representative on earth since the days of Constantine. One Empire, One God and One Emperor. Unlike the monarchs of the west who would submit to the papacy, the byzantine monarchs were seen as equal if not superior to the pope and the orthodox patriarch of Constantinople by their citizens and courts.
Why did emperor Leo 3 order all icons be removed from churches?
because byzantine thought icons led to idol worship that was forbidden from god
Who crowned Charlemagne the emperor of the Romans?
no one did but the pope crowned him emperor of the franks.AnswerPope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in the year 800 in St. Peter's Basilicia.
What did Byzantine Emperor Alexis I ask Pope Urban to do?
The Byzantine Emperor (Alexius) asked Pope Urban for Christian knights to help him fight the Muslims Turks.
When did the Byzantine emperor ask Pope Urban for knights to fight the Muslim Turks?
The Byzantine Emperor (Alexius) asked Pope Urban for Christian knights to help him fight the Muslims Turks.
Who asked Pope Urban II to help him?
Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) asked him for help against Muslim Turks.
What role did the Christian church play in the byzantine empire?
The Byzantines were the buffer between the West and the East. During the Middle Ages, when the Arabs conquered the Holy Land -- it was the Byzantine Emperor who asked Pope Urban II for help. Urban II started the Crusades in response.
Why did the Byzantine empire ask Pope Urban II for help?
Because the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and his Kingdom were being attacked by Muslim Turks who had taken large swaths of Byzantine land. Emperor Alexios was hoping western knights could help him retake his lands, which could only happen by command of Pope Urban II, therefore he needed to ask the Pope for assistance.
Why did emperor Alexius Comnenus ask pope Urban ll for help?
Pope Urban II granted the Byzantine emperor help against the Seljuk Turks in order to liberate churches of God in eastern regions. Pope Urban II passed away before receiving news of the fall of Jerusalem.
Who called for the Crusades?
Pope Urban II called for the Crusades after Emperor Alexius asked for help.
Who led the People's Crusade at the urging of the Pope?
Byzantine Emperor
Who led the people crusade at the urging of the pope?
Byzantine Emperor
Why did the Byzantine Emperor ask the pope for help?
to get protection by muslims
Who led the peoples crusade at the urging of the pope?
Byzantine Emperor
What prompted the cresades?
The first crusade was started when the Turks began to invade parts of the Byzantine empire, and the emperor of Byzantine, Alexius I, asked Pope Urban II in March of 1095 to send an army to help. The pope told all the men in Europe that if they went to the Middle East and drove the Turks back, that God would forgive all their sins and they would go to heaven no matter what.
