Pope Urban II called for the first crusade on Nov 27, 1095.
The reconquista was the crusade to drive out the Muslims from Spain
The wars that led to the expulsion of all Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula were known as the Reconquista. They ended in 1492.
The Pope wanted the crusaders to drive the Muslims out of the Holy Land and return control to Christians.
The reconquista
He wanted to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land and return possession to Christianity.
To make Jerusalem a Christian city To drive Muslims out of Jerusalem. To retake the Holy Land
The justification for the Crusades began in 1009 when the Fatimid Caliph of Cairo had the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem destroyed. His successor permitted the Byzantine Empire to rebuild it under stringent circumstances, and pilgrimage was again permitted, but many stories began to be circulated in the West about the cruelty of Muslims toward Christian pilgrims. The Christians of the first Crusade captured Jerusalem and large areas of Palestine, but Jerusalem was soon lost. Successive Crusades were launched to recapture Jerusalem and drive the Muslims out of Palestine, but were largely unsuccessful. In the thirteenth century, the Knights Hospitaller finally left for the island of Rhodes, abandoning the entire Near East to the Muslims.
The justification for the Crusades began in 1009 when the Fatimid Caliph of Cairo had the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem destroyed. His successor permitted the Byzantine Empire to rebuild it under stringent circumstances, and pilgrimage was again permitted, but many stories began to be circulated in the West about the cruelty of Muslims toward Christian pilgrims. The Christians of the first Crusade captured Jerusalem and large areas of Palestine, but Jerusalem was soon lost. Successive Crusades were launched to recapture Jerusalem and drive the Muslims out of Palestine, but were largely unsuccessful. In the thirteenth century, the Knights Hospitaller finally left for the island of Rhodes, abandoning the entire Near East to the Muslims.
The crusade of the Spanish knights to drive the invaders out of the country was called the Reconquista.
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.
campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement,
RECONQUISTA