New Configurations (1050-1150) - Church Reform and its Aftermath - The First Crusade

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How were wars called by monarchs and kings? Name an example in which this was shown.

  • Monarchs might consider their wars "just"; popes could claim that their wars were "holy."
  • In effect, Alesander II declared the reconquista in Spain to be holy when he forgave the sins of its soldiers.

What led to the First Crusade?

When Byzantine Emperor Alexius asked Pope Urban II (1088-1099) for mercenaries to help retake Anatolia from the Seljuks, the pope responded by declaring a holy war to Jerusalem, the movement historians call the First Crusade.

What pilgrimage did Urban call upon?

After attending a Peace Council in southern France, Urban called for a pious pilgrimage to the Holy Land to be undertaken by an armed militia. It would be commissioned like those of the Peace of God, but thousands of times larger. And it would fight under the leadership of the papacy.
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What is meant with "wicked race"? What did that term lead to?

  • Europeans adopted a catch-all word for it: Saracens. Originally referring to one group of Arabs living in the Sinai Peninsula, in Europe the term came to refer to all Muslims.
  • By collapsing numerous factions, ethnicities, dynasties, and traditions into that simple word, Europeans created fertile soil at home for anti-Muslim racism to flourish.
  • In a somewhat parallel development, Muslims came to call all crusaders iFranj, Franks.

Who were mobilized in the First Crusade?

  • The First Crusade (1096-1099) mobilized a force of some 100000 people, including warriors, old men, bishops, priests, women, children, and hangers-on.
  • Its armies were organized not as one military force but rather as separate militias, each authorized by Urban II and commanded by a different leader. 

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