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the crusades
“Undertake this journey for the forgiveness of your sins with the assurance of everlasting glory in the kingdom of Heaven.” This is what Pope Urban II preached to his Christian knights, urging them to overtake the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims. This was also a spark for the beginning of the First Crusade.
It all began around 1095 AD when the Crusades (Holy Wars) began. In November 18, 1095 AD, the Council of Clermont was opened by the Pope. After nine days, the Pope presented a speech, during which he told Christians to begin a Holy War to once again claim the Holy Lands. This was the more obvious reason to why the First Crusade began. People responded very enthusiastically because all of them had their own ideas about the Crusade...
“Undertake this journey for the forgiveness of your sins with the assurance of everlasting glory in the kingdom of Heaven.” This is what Pope Urban II preached to his Christian knights, urging them to overtake the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims. This was also a spark for the beginning of the First Crusade.
It all began around 1095 AD when the Crusades (Holy Wars) began. In November 18, 1095 AD, the Council of Clermont was opened by the Pope. After nine days, the Pope presented a speech, during which he told Christians to begin a Holy War to once again claim the Holy Lands. This was the more obvious reason to why the First Crusade began. People responded very enthusiastically because all of them had their own ideas about the Crusade...
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