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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.
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.
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.
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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.
In April 1095, Pope Urban II was in Piacenza, Italy. From there, he issued the call for the First Crusade in November of that year.
it was made in 1095
In 1095
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.
A Crusade was made so that the they could get land from the Muslims control. The knights were called from the Pope Urban II because they were told it was a religious duty
The pope initiated the crusades.The first pope to initiate a crusade was Pope Urban the II.