The Crusades
The First Crusade. 2 Pope Urban II Pope Urban II at Claremont In 1095, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I contacted Pope Urban II about the threat of Turkish.
The Crusades During the late 1000s, the Seljuq Turks, a Muslim people from Central Asia gained control of Palestine, the Christians “Holy Land” Turks.
Church Reform and the Crusades
History