‘The crisis of the Byzantine Empire was the main reason for the First Crusade.
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- ‘The crisis of the Byzantine Empire was the main reason for the First Crusade.’
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- defeat of Byzantine forces by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071
- rise of the Seljuk Turks under Alp Arslan and the effects of the advance into Armenia showed that further territorial losses were likely
- Empire felt it necessary to appeal for help from the Latin West in 1074 and on several later occasions
- desire to profit from the weakness of the Empire
- Other factors
- growing power and influence of the papacy, the ambitions of the Frankish knights to gain fame and fortune, popular religious movements.
- crisis of the Byzantine Empire as more the excuse for than the cause of the First Crusade
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