Pope Urban II's Speech On The First Crusades

Pope Urban II’s speech stating he had a goal to capture the Holy Land that took place in the eleventh century, at the Council of Clermont meeting, started a series of crusades. The First Crusade, starting in 1095, was a Christian military expedition undertaken. Four armies of Crusaders formed from different Western European regions to start their fight for the Holy Land. They led crusaders to battle for Christian “hierarchy” due to the belief that Islamic values contradicted those of Christian. Pope Urban II’s speech sparked an uprising; and from what he led them to believe, they saw no issue in physically harming those who were not Christian. Different social classes’ serfs to Knights took part in the crusades, wishing to gain a ticket that will reclaim Jerusalem as theirs. The attempt to capture the Holy Land and become the only religion, initiated the First Crusade that went on for the next four years. One of the first leaders to take charge in the First Crusade was Peter the Hermit. The goal Peter the Hermit had was to let ordinary people join in the fight. He appealed to all Christians to begin in fighting for the crusade. Peter took Pope

From the years 1095-1099 Crusaders set out on a march to the Holy Land. It was poorly organized due to the fact that four different leaders along with Peter the Hermit and his People’s Crusade came together to battle against the Muslims and Jews. Big battles Crusades were forced to take on where: Battle for Nicaea, Dorylaum, Antioch, Herenc, Jerusalem and many others along the way. Four key leaders; Godfrey of Bouillon, Raymond of Saint Gilles, Bohemond of Taranto and Hugh of Vermandois, brought different tactics to how they were going to take on different battles creating a difficult course for defenders. The First Crusade was a battle for Christianity to be the dominate religion and it was a turning point in European history, starting a series of Crusades to