Nov 15, 2009

Salem on History | Pope Urban II Calls the First Crusade

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Series: Chronology of European History
Categories: Religion, Ethics, Military History
Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Wars, Battles, Crusades, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Catholic Church, Catholics, Popes, Papacy, Cardinals, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, French History, Middle Eastern History
Geographical Location: France
Date: November 27, 1095

Article abstract: Pope Urban II calls the First Crusade, initiating the first in a series of military expeditions from western Europe to the Middle East intent on recapturing the Holy Land from the Muslims.

Summary of Event

Fought between 1096 and 1464, the Crusades, or “Wars of the Cross,” were a defining feature of the High Middle Ages in Europe. For almost four centuries, between nine and ten major military expeditions left the West for the Middle East in an effort to achieve two strategic goals. One was to prevent the conquest of the Byzantine...

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Salem on History | Pope Urban II Calls the First Crusade

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Summary of Event

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