Pope Urban II's call to crusade
I can explain why Urban II encouraged Christians to go on crusade.
Pope Urban II's call to crusade
I can explain why Urban II encouraged Christians to go on crusade.
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Key learning points
- Pope Urban II led the Roman Church in the late 11th century.
- Urban II faced a number of challenges whilst he was pope.
- Urban II called a Church council to Clermont in 1095, partly to discuss the Seljuk invasion into the Byzantine Empire.
- Urban II called upon Western European Christians to go on crusade against the Seljuk Empire.
- Many people were eager to go on crusade.
Keywords
Pope - the pope is the head of the Catholic Church
Church - the Church is the organisation of the Christian religion
Crusade - a crusade is a military expedition against a group considered by the papacy to be an enemy of the Church
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