First Crusade Part 1 of 2

The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody
dnd significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an
appea for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire,
threatened by the rising power of the Muslim Seljuk Turks.
But when Pope Urban Il preached a sermon at Clermont in1095, the result was unlike anything ever seen before. The
Pope offered spiritual salvation to those willing to go east to
aid their fellow Christians in a holy war, and help liberateJerusalem from Muslim rule. Knights and peasants alike