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Why did the byzantine emperor appeal to the count of the count of Flanders for help?
His father had also served with Alexius I Comnenus.
Who was the first crusade between?
At the request of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus, Pope Urban II called for knights from western Europe to come and help the Byzantines drive the Seljuk Turks out of Palestine.
Who called for the Crusades?
Pope Urban II called for the Crusades after Emperor Alexius asked for help.
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.
Why did Pope Urban II agree to help Byzantine Emperor Alexius I?
Pope Urban II agreed to help Byzantine Emperor Alexius I because he wanted to unite the Christian church and support the Byzantine Empire against Muslim invaders during the First Crusade.
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.
How did the crusades happen?
The Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus wrote a letter to the council of Piacenza in 1095 asking for help to free the christians in Jerusalem from persucation of the Muslims. The pope, Urban II gave permission to kill the infidels (the muslims) at the council of clermont and this caused this mass expedition which followed into the capture of Jerusalem. This first expedition was the bowling ball for all of the other crusades that have followed.
The push for the crusades came when?
The push for the crusades came when the Byzantine emperor Alexius I asked the Europeans for help against the Selijuk Turks, who were muslims.
Push for the crusades came when?
The push for the crusades came when the Byzantine emperor Alexius I asked the Europeans for help against the Selijuk Turks, who were muslims.
Why the church gave to lead an army to the Holy Land?
The CrusadesIn 1095 an assembly of churchmen called by Pope Urban II met at Clermont, France. Messengers from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus had urged the pope to send help against the armies of Muslim Turks. On November 27 the pope addressed the assembly and asked the warriors of Europe to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims. The response of the assembly was overwhelmingly favorable. Thus was launched the first and most successful of at least eight crusades against the Muslim caliphates of the Near East.
What was the role of Alexius first in causing the crusades?
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Who asked Pope Urban II to help him?
Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) asked him for help against Muslim Turks.
