Pope Urban II, in a speech at Clermont in France in November 1095, called for a great Christian expedition to free Jerusalem from the Seljuk Turks, a new Muslim power that had recently begun actively harassing peaceful Christian pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem.
CAUSES1) Turks took over Jerusalem which was holy to the Catholic Church2) Pope Urban II wanted Christians to visit Jerusalem (pilgrimage)3) Pope Urban II wanted to unite Europe which was fightingamong itself (common enemy unites people)4) The Christian Byzantine Empire asked the pope to help stop the invasion of the Suljak Turks.PHASES1) Peter the Hermit - attacked early with his followers2) First Crusade- Pope Urban II won, but Turks attacked for 88 years3) Second Crusade - Saladin (Turk) retook Jerusalem- Richard the Lionhearted and Saladin agreed (treaty) that Europeanscould visit Jerusalem
Pope Urban II called on Europeans to join a Crusade against the Muslim Turks who controlled the city of Jerusalem and refused to allow Christians access to the holy sites located there. This First Crusade was called in 1095 when he urged Christians to free Jerusalem.
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Seljuk Turks
The Seljuk Turks- they were Muslims that took over the "Holy Land" - Jerusalem.
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.
Hardly, it was the Byzantine Church who appealed to the pope for help.
Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade. The purpose was to save Constantinople from the Seljuk Turks, but the goal quickly became the capture of Jerusalem and other sites holy to Christians.
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.
Pope Urban II made a very public and urgent plea in 1095 to all of Christendom after receiving a letter from the Byzantine Emperor Alexis describing the increasing danger from the Seljuk Turks, Tartars from Asia, who had already conquered the caliphate of Baghdad in 1055 and now were seeking to expand their empire into the Holy Land.
The Pope accused the Seljuk Turks of invading Christian territories, desecrating holy sites, and persecuting Christian pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. He called for a Christian military expedition to restore access to the holy land, leading to the First Crusade.
The Byzantine Emperor (Alexius) asked Pope Urban for Christian knights to help him fight the Muslims Turks.
No, he sent Christians to fight. The Turks were Muslims.
pope urban called on the christians from all over Europe to retake the holy land from the Muslim Turks
retake the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks.