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Muslim Turks capture Jerusalem

NO CHRISTIANSto Holy Land

Attack on ChristianPilgrims

BE fears attack on Constantinople

(Istanbul)

The First Crusade

Ἀλέξιος Α' ΚομνηνόςByzantine Emperor

Pope Urban II1088-1099

Violence for Just Causes

Goals of the First Crusade

Capture JerusalemHOLY LAND

WHY????

Nicea

But passing over these things, let us return to what we promised. Accordingly after the arnny had reached Nicomedia, which is situated at the entrance to the land of the Turks, we all, lords and vassals, cleansed by confession, fortified ourselves by partaking of the body and blood of our Lord, and proceeding thence beset Nicaea on the second day before the Nones of May. After we had for some days besieged the city with many machines and various engines of war, the craft of the Turks, as often before, deceived US greatly. For on the very day on which they had promised that they would surrender, Soliman and all the Turks, collected from neighboring and distant regions, suddenly fell upon US and attempted to capture our camp. However the count of St. Gilles, with the remaining Franks, made an attack upon them and killed an innumerable multitude. All the others fled in confusion. Our men, moreover, returning in victory and bearing many heads fixed upon pikes and spears, furnished a joyful spectacle for the people of God. This was on the,seventeenth day before the Kalends of June.

Anselme of Ribemont

Second Crusade

Attempt to retake Edesa

DISASTER

Mendicant Orders

The Order of Friars Minor

The Order of Preachers