The Pope Urban ll declared the First Crusade in 1095 AD by giving the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, which had made an huge impact. Due to the speech the Crusades had risen by calling all the Christians in Europe to war against all Muslims. Which was supposed to happen in order for them to regain the control they needed. Then Urban the protégé of the great reformer Pope Gregory Vll had made internal …show more content…
Also many peasants had abandoned their lands to fight and when they had died their land went to the …show more content…
Next time you see or think of Holy Crusades, think about what you just read and realize what is really going on. It is likely you under valued Holy Crusades before, but will now start to give the credited needed and deserved. I believe the Crusades were mainly the series of religious wars. The Urbans declaration was caused by religious reasons because the area now commonly referred to as the Middle East had become a point of conflict for European Christians because Christians frequently made pilgrimages to the birthplaces of their religion. The Crusades expanded the authority because the Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns which was called by the pope with the main goal of restoring Christian control of the Holy Land. The 2 major effects of the Crusades were that the king’s authority had increased and also Europeans had learned about lots of new things from the Muslims they had