Pope Innocent III launched the Fourth Crusade, which began in 1202. It was intended to end Muslim control of Jerusalem. However, this Crusade led instead to the sacking of Constantinople. The Fourth Crusade lasted from 1202 to 1204. Pope Innocent III was pope from 1198 to 1216.
A Crusade is a call to arms to reclaim Jerusalem from the infidels(muslims). In the First Crusade the pope declared that if Christians should take up the cross then God will grant them access into Heaven. In other words (if you're not a Catholic or Muslim), a holy war.
Pope Urban II preaches the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. Crusade: according to circumstance, either a toxic byword for conflict between Christians and Muslims or a shorthand for what people believe to be a good and worthy cause.
the first crusade was started by the Turkish Muslims invading the holy land. then the Byzantine empire called pope urban to help. he accepted the request and joined together a big army with more then a thousand people including knights, nobles and soldiers.
Pope Innocent III
Pope Urban II called for the crusade against the holy land.
Pope Urban II called for the first crusade on Nov 27, 1095.
Pope Urban II called for the first crusade at the Council of Clermont.
The immediate cause that prompted Pope Urban II to issue a call for a crusade to the Holy Land was the request for help from the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I, who sought assistance in repelling Muslim forces from invading Christian territories in the region.
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Urban II was at Clermont in France to give a speech requesting that a crusade be made to return the Holy Land to Christian control.
Pope Innocent III called for the Fourth Crusade in 1198 CE primarily to reclaim Jerusalem and aid the Christian states in the Holy Land, following the perceived failures of earlier crusades. He sought to unify Christendom under papal leadership and believed that a successful crusade could strengthen the Church's influence. Innocent aimed to redirect the energy of European knights and nobles towards this religious mission, emphasizing the spiritual benefits of participating in the crusade. However, the campaign ultimately diverged from its original purpose, leading to unforeseen consequences.
According to history.com On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”
The Pope thought it was unrighteous if the city that Jesus died and roses again was controlled by people of a completely different religion. So he called a Crusade to take the city of Jerusalem
The Byzantine Emperor (Alexius) asked Pope Urban for Christian knights to help him fight the Muslims Turks.
The word 'crusade' derives from 'cross'. Jesus died on the cross, which is the basis for the Christian religion. Muslims had occupied the holy city of Jerusalem, therefore a pope made a call within western Christendom for a 'War of the Cross' or 'Crusade' to re-capture Jerusalem.