In November 1095, Pope Urban II received a letter from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I requesting reinforcements against the infidels so that the Christians could defend the Holy Church. He began to build…
The Crusades
During the early Middle Ages Europe was politically divided, rural, and largely cut off from advanced civilizations in the Middle East. Feudalism was the economic, social, and political system that or…
An event that was considered as a climacteric in medieval European history was the First Crusade. The primary motivation for the First Crusade was religious devotion. Two of the most important religio…
After the First Crusade, the relationships between the Western Christians, the Byzantines, and the Muslims were somewhat strained in the Crusader States. During this Crusade, the Western Christians de…
