Why was the First Crusade called in 1095?
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- Why was the First Crusade Called in 1095?
- Battle of Manzikert 1071
- Byzantine defeat by the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia
- The Byzantine Empire lost territory in Asia Minor
- Desire to increase Papal Power
- Henry VI of Germany had been excommunicated for assigning his of Arch Bishop, which should be done by the Pope
- therefore the Popes wanted to increase Papal power to reinforce their authority in Europe
- Loss of Jerusalem 1073
- the most sacred city for Christians
- In 1095, Urban wanted to rescue Jerusalem from a 'race alien to god'
- Urban used it as an excuse to encourage people to join the Papal army, more people would be inclined to go fight for Jerusalem rather than Byzantium
- the real aim of the First Crusade rather than to just help Byzantium
- Alexius Comnenus' appeal 1095
- needed assistance to fight the Turks, who were now encroaching Constantinople
- Urban exagerated Alexius' appeal to show the threat of the Turks
- serious situation though probaby exagerated
- Battle of Manzikert 1071
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