CRUSADES PART B & C

B) WHY DID URBAN LAUCH THE 1ST CRUSADE

• respond to Byzantine embassy
• further the cause of reform
• promote lay deviotion
• jusifty holy war
• expand Rome's sphere of influence (exemplified when Urban toured France in 1096 to manifest papal authority)
• bettter relations with Constantinople
• purify the West - it offered the nobility a new path to redemption

expedition was made clear under the control of the church & Adehmar was elected papal legate

the idea of crusade was not just a reaction the Muslim occupation as this was apparent for decades; it was designed to meet the needs of…