Articles related to "Pope Urban Ii"

The Church stood to gain substantially from a crusade against the Seljuk Turks as Urban II recognized the potentially significant rewards assisting the Byzantines.

In response to a call to arms by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont, Christian armies of the First Crusade took Jerusalem in 1099.

The Council of Clermont was a mixed synod, or council, of church officials and high ranking Catholic laity in November, 1095 in Clermont, France.

Traced to Southern France in the 11th Century and directly linked to expanded views of Purgatory, medieval popes extended the indulgence into many areas of everyday life.

The origins of the Crusades in general and the First Crusade in particular have been widely debated by scholars and historians.

Led by Walter the Penniless and Peter the Hermit the People's Crusade preceded the First Crusade by several months.

A review of God's War: A New History of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman.

The Knights Templar emerged from the first Crusader army in order to protect Christian pilgrims moving from the Mediterranean ports to the holy city of Jerusalem.

Centered around Constantinople, the Eastern Empire evolved into the Byzantine Empire, preserving Roman culture, law, and Christian institutions.

The influx of Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem after the Crusades, created problems. The Knights Templar were founded because of a need to protect these these travellers.

The Papacy and the Empire both attempted to lead Christendom in the Middle Ages, to varying degrees of success. They existed in competition throughout the period.

The persecution of the Jews in Europe is a long history of bitterness and hatred among Catholics and Protestants, culminating in the 20th Century Holocaust.

Amidst the rampant violence of the early European Middle ages, these papal decrees emerged as a means of restoring order to Europe, and to protect the church from attack.

Although the Reformation (1520-50) was a Christian event affecting mainly central Europe, other factors including Spain and the Muslim nations helped it to succeed