Pope Urban II

we will be able to avoid the mistakes of past, however, it seems that history continues to repeat itself. However, it seems that history often finds a way to repeat itself, even during the present day. We have come a long way from the time of Pope Urban II but the problems we face are still similar in essence. Although the Crusades were fought over eight hundred years ago some of the same problems still exist today. Both today and during the Middle Ages children have been convince to fight…

Jerusalem all the way back to Europe. Now that the Crusaders took back their holy lands, Christians could go on their journeys of faith and have no fears of death. Sadly, the news never made it back to Pope Urban II. Urban passed away in 1099, only two weeks after the capture of Jerusalem (“Pope Urban II Orders First Crusade”). He would never learn about how his revolution to take back the Holy Lands became a success. Crusaders, after capturing Jerusalem, set up a number of Crusader states in…

The speech at the Council of Clermont by pope Urban II was the defining moment in Crusades ideology, creating the foundation for the first large scale Crusades to take place. With the newly found five accounts of the Council I’ll try to paint an accurate picture as possible of what exactly occurred. There is no official transcript from pope Urban II; instead these documents provide first hand accounts of what occurred. Whether they are reliable or not is another matter. Since each document…

Under what Circumstances Did Pope Urban II Preach the First Crusade? Do You Think that the Preaching of the Crusade Was Likely to be a Success? In 1095, Pope Urban II delivered a sermon: a call of arms to the Christians of Europe. He preached a pilgrimage to recapture the city of Jerusalem and other states in the East from the control of the Muslims. At the time, it cannot have been known what the outcome or impact of this Crusade would have been. There are many reasons why it might have been…

us?” I asked. “You’ll know soon.” replied the guard. Standing forth in front of the crowd, stood the pope along with some of the greatest lords. The pope explained how the city, Jerusalem, is the holy city where Jesus prayed and said this is where we free the city from its captives. “Send forth your troops, lords, we will crush these men and women who took hold of this city,” said the pope. “Free Jesus! Free Jesus! Free Jesus!” cried out the crowd. Everyone went to the…

The First Crusade started in 1096 and ended in 1099. It began when the Byzantine Emperor Alexio I Komneos sought after military assistance from Pope Urban II because they were losing the battle against the Muslims in Turkey. The Western Church and the Byzantines were not on the best terms, and the church had no reason to help them. So, the Byzantines persuaded the church with zealous letters, and after some considerations, the church decided to assist the Byzantine Emperor in defeating the…

prelates, as Geoffroy, abbot of La Trinité de Vendome, and Yves, bishop of xChartres, condemn its attitude towards women and his clothing and verbal excesses. In November 1100, Robert is summoned before the conci e met in Poitiers by the legates of Pope Paschal II to condemn adultery of King Philip l ". The excommunication then pronounced, unleashed the anger of the lord of the place, William W, Count of Poitiers and Duke dAquitaine, who, living in disorder, fears incur the same penalty, Robert…

This discussion included a debate on the power and authority of the church due to the Bible influencing the view of the natural world and a large part of medieval people’s life. It was clear to members of the church, like Cardinal Bellarmine and Pope Urban VIII, that heliocentrism goes against the Scriptures and thus God’s word, but people like Galileo and Foscarini…

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Pope Urban II started the First Crusade to help Byzantine Christians, to manifest papal authority, and to provide redemption for Christian souls. Thomas Asbridge¹ in his book, The First Crusade, explains that in the advent of the First Crusade in 1095, the papacy was slowly recovering. In the events leading up to the First Crusade, Europe had undergone significant political and social upheaval. The Church was divided with Eastern Christians following Orthodoxy and Western Christians following…