In the Eastern front of the Second Crusade it was an absolute disaster with the fall of the County of Edessa and other failures of the military. However, on 13 April 1147 a Papal Bull was issued to invade the Wends which caused the complete Christianization of the Holy Roman Empire. Also in the Second Crusade, Crusaders assisted the Iberian Christian kings in retaking the Iberian Peninsula. In the spring of 1147, the Pope authorized the crusade to expand into the Iberian peninsula to fight with the Christian kings to complete the Reconquista. The Crusaders agreed to assist the king in attacking the city of Lisbon, with an agreement that would allow the Crusaders to loot and pillage the city. The siege lasted four months until the Moorish leaders surrendered because of the lack of food. Many Crusaders settled the city but some also sailed onward to fight in the Holy
In the Eastern front of the Second Crusade it was an absolute disaster with the fall of the County of Edessa and other failures of the military. However, on 13 April 1147 a Papal Bull was issued to invade the Wends which caused the complete Christianization of the Holy Roman Empire. Also in the Second Crusade, Crusaders assisted the Iberian Christian kings in retaking the Iberian Peninsula. In the spring of 1147, the Pope authorized the crusade to expand into the Iberian peninsula to fight with the Christian kings to complete the Reconquista. The Crusaders agreed to assist the king in attacking the city of Lisbon, with an agreement that would allow the Crusaders to loot and pillage the city. The siege lasted four months until the Moorish leaders surrendered because of the lack of food. Many Crusaders settled the city but some also sailed onward to fight in the Holy