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- Wanting to reinforce the power of the papacy, Urban seized the opportunity to unite Christian Europe under him as he fought to take back the Holy Land from the Turks.
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Nov 24, 2009 · In 1095, Pope Urban II launched an unprecedented military campaign to seize Jerusalem from Muslims. Over 60,000 Christian warriors fought for years for control of Holy City.
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- Jerusalem Captured in First Crusade
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The five-week siege began on 7 June 1099 and was carried out by the Christian forces of Western Europe mobilized by Pope Urban II after the Council of Clermont in 1095. The city had been out of Christian control since the Muslim conquest of the Levant in 637 and had been held for a century first by the Seljuk Turks and later by the Fatimids .
- 7 June 1099-15 July 1099
- Founding of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Crusader victory
- Prologue
- The Siege
- Final Victory & Slaughter
- Aftermath
The First Crusade was conceived by Pope Urban II (r. 1088-1099 CE) following an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118 CE) who wanted to fight back against the expanding Muslim Seljuk Turks who had robbed Byzantium of a good portion of Asia Minor. The fact that Jerusalem, the holiest city in Christendom, had also fallen,...
The man in charge of the defence was Iftikhar ad-Dawla, and he commanded a large garrison of mostly Arab and Sudanese soldiers - perhaps several thousand infantry and an elite cavalry corps of 400 Egyptians. The force was not sufficient to man all sections of the walls, which had just been repaired, although Iftikhar ad-Dawla did have some stone-th...
A group of remaining defenders fled in panic to the Dome of the Rock, but with no possibility of effective defence, they surrendered to Tancred who promptly hoisted his purple banner over the Mosque of al-Aqsa (just as he had done a few months earlier at Bethlehem). Meanwhile, a second group, still commanded by Iftikhar ad-Dawla, rallied in the Tow...
For some historians, the battle at Ascalon marks the end of the First Crusade. Many of the crusaders returned home, including the leaders Raymond of Toulouse, Robert of Normandy, and Robert of Flanders. A fresh wave of crusaders would arrive from Constantinople, and there were more victories, notably at Caesarea on 17 May 1101 CE and Acre shortly a...
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Mar 3, 2010 · In 1095, Pope Urban II publicly called for a crusade to aid Eastern Christians and recover the holy lands. The response by Western Europeans was immediate.
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The First Crusade, initiated by Pope Urban II's call in 1095 at the Council of Clermont, set in motion a massive movement of knights and peasants towards the Holy Land. Driven by a combination of religious fervor, the promise of indulgences, and the lure of land and wealth, thousands embarked on this arduous journey.
Jul 9, 2018 · Conceived by Pope Urban II following an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, the Crusade was a success with Christian forces taking control of Jerusalem on 15 July 1099. Around 60,000 soldiers and at least half again of non-combatants were involved in the First Crusade which set off on their quest in 1095.
Oct 13, 2023 · Pope Urban II first sparked the idea of crusading when he issued a landmark call at the Council of Clermont on 27 November 1095, commanding the Christian warriors of western Europe to take up arms against perceived enemies in the east, in order to reclaim the Holy Land.
