Causes of the Second Crusade
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- Causes of the Second Crusade
- Family duties
- Pope Eugenius issued the Papal Bull Quantum Praedecessores which called upon people to go on a crusade
- This appealed to the strong family honor of the time
- People didn't want to fail or betray their predecessors, especially given how miraculous the success of the First Crusade was
- This appealed to the strong family honor of the time
- Pope Eugenius issued the Papal Bull Quantum Praedecessores which called upon people to go on a crusade
- Jerusalem
- The second crusade was triggered by the Muslim recapture of Edessa
- People feared that Jerusalem was the next to come
- However, this crusade was on three fronts - the Near East, the Baltic, and Iberia
- So was Jerusalem the focus point for a war more about the rising threat of Islam than anything else?
- The second crusade was triggered by the Muslim recapture of Edessa
- Economic gain
- This was the first time that Kings had gone on a crusade
- Going was a risky journey, and these Kings risked losing their lands while away
- After the First Crusade, some people gained land, for example in Edessa. This became the Outremer
- Did people simply want to defend the crusader states and establish a strong Christian base where previously it had been threatened by internal divisions?
- Causes of the Second Crusade
- Family duties
- Pope Eugenius issued the Papal Bull Quantum Praedecessores which called upon people to go on a crusade
- This appealed to the strong family honor of the time
- People didn't want to fail or betray their predecessors, especially given how miraculous the success of the First Crusade was
- This appealed to the strong family honor of the time
- Pope Eugenius issued the Papal Bull Quantum Praedecessores which called upon people to go on a crusade
- Jerusalem
- The second crusade was triggered by the Muslim recapture of Edessa
- People feared that Jerusalem was the next to come
- However, this crusade was on three fronts - the Near East, the Baltic, and Iberia
- So was Jerusalem the focus point for a war more about the rising threat of Islam than anything else?
- The second crusade was triggered by the Muslim recapture of Edessa
- Economic gain
- This was the first time that Kings had gone on a crusade
- Going was a risky journey, and these Kings risked losing their lands while away
- After the First Crusade, some people gained land, for example in Edessa. This became the Outremer
- Did people simply want to defend the crusader states and establish a strong Christian base where previously it had been threatened by internal divisions?
- Did people simply want to defend the crusader states and establish a strong Christian base where previously it had been threatened by internal divisions?
- This was the first time that Kings had gone on a crusade
- Religion
- The first crusade had been a miraculous success and was seen as the divine will of God
- So the thought of not protecting Jerusalem and ensuring that it stayed in Christian hands was frightful
- This is most significant when we consider how the Second Crusade was a bit of a 'flop'. In contrast, the Third Crusade had a real purpose in terms of gaining Jerusalem back, as it was triggered by the loss of Jerusalem in the Battle of Hattin
- So the thought of not protecting Jerusalem and ensuring that it stayed in Christian hands was frightful
- People remained terrified of God. There was a sense that 'taking up the cross' was a most serious religious oath
- The Church reform movement
- Pope Gregory VII had been successful in building new parish churches and increasing piety across Latin Europe
- Like in the First Crusade, many crusaders were spurred on by teachings from Bernard of Clairvaux and the Papal Bull to crusade.
- They had been convinced of the privileges they would receive as a result
- The first crusade had been a miraculous success and was seen as the divine will of God
- The Church reform movement
- Pope Gregory VII had been successful in building new parish churches and increasing piety across Latin Europe
- The rising islamic threat
- The Muslim world was still fairly divided
- However there was still a significant fear of Islam at play
- Zengi slaughtered Christians and sparked a fear that a domino effect would occur with the next crusader states
- The Second Crusade didn't occur until this happened - perhaps the rising threat of Islam was not significant until it threatened the more important things, such as Jerusalem
- Zengi slaughtered Christians and sparked a fear that a domino effect would occur with the next crusader states
- Zengi increasingly, as a ruthless leader, extended his control over Iraq and southern Syria
- However, it was not until the 1140s that he focused his attention on the Outremer
- The Second Crusade didn't occur until this happened - perhaps the rising threat of Islam was not significant until it threatened the more important things, such as Jerusalem
- However, it was not until the 1140s that he focused his attention on the Outremer
- However there was still a significant fear of Islam at play
- Zengi increasingly, as a ruthless leader, extended his control over Iraq and southern Syria
- However, it was not until the 1140s that he focused his attention on the Outremer
- However, it was not until the 1140s that he focused his attention on the Outremer
- There was a deepening support at this time for the idea of jihad, or Islamic holy war
- The Muslim world was still fairly divided
- Family duties
- Causes of the Second Crusade
- Did people simply want to defend the crusader states and establish a strong Christian base where previously it had been threatened by internal divisions?
- This was the first time that Kings had gone on a crusade
- Religion
- The first crusade had been a miraculous success and was seen as the divine will of God
- So the thought of not protecting Jerusalem and ensuring that it stayed in Christian hands was frightful
- This is most significant when we consider how the Second Crusade was a bit of a 'flop'. In contrast, the Third Crusade had a real purpose in terms of gaining Jerusalem back, as it was triggered by the loss of Jerusalem in the Battle of Hattin
- So the thought of not protecting Jerusalem and ensuring that it stayed in Christian hands was frightful
- People remained terrified of God. There was a sense that 'taking up the cross' was a most serious religious oath
- Like in the First Crusade, many crusaders were spurred on by teachings from Bernard of Clairvaux and the Papal Bull to crusade.
- They had been convinced of the privileges they would receive as a result
- The first crusade had been a miraculous success and was seen as the divine will of God
- The rising islamic threat
- The Muslim world was still fairly divided
- However there was still a significant fear of Islam at play
- Zengi slaughtered Christians and sparked a fear that a domino effect would occur with the next crusader states
- Zengi slaughtered Christians and sparked a fear that a domino effect would occur with the next crusader states
- However there was still a significant fear of Islam at play
- There was a deepening support at this time for the idea of jihad, or Islamic holy war
- The Muslim world was still fairly divided
- Family duties
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