Religious Causes for the Crusades
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- Religious Causes for the Crusades
- 1st Crusade
- To cleanse Jerusalem of the infidel
- Protect Pilgrims and Eastern Church
- Count Stephen of Blois dedicated to pious wife
- Crusaded to please her, returned home and was sent off again
- Count Hugh of Vermandois wanted to build bridges with Church
- Offended at brother Philip I's adultery
- Threat to Christian relics in Jerusalem
- Plenary Indulgences
- 2nd Crusade
- Cassus Belli to retake Edessa (Just War)
- Leadership
- Louis VII wanted penance for burning down a church
- Also wanted to fulfil vow he made to dying brother
- Conrad III vowed to complete Jerusalem pilgrimage
- Louis VII wanted penance for burning down a church
- 4th Crusade
- Wanted to reinstate Papal Influence in the east
- Jerusalem occupied by Muslims
- Plenary Indulgence Reforms
- Indulgences made available to a wider range of peope
- 3rd Crusade
- Capture of the Holy City Jerusalem
- True Cross taken
- Christian population ousted
- Just Cause -Self defence
- Pope Gregory III - Crusade challenge from God
- Leadership
- Richard I - pious fervour, wanted glory from God
- Also Feudal Ties, Great-grandfather King Fulk of Jerusalem
- Philip II - Inspired by Archbishop Joscius' speach
- Rivalry with Richard I
- Richard I - pious fervour, wanted glory from God
- Capture of the Holy City Jerusalem
- 1st Crusade
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