The First Crusade

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This paper examines how the First Crusade, called by Pope Urban II in the eleventh century, was indeed a great success. The paper explains that thousands of people were involved in the historic attempt made to re-capture Jerusalem from heathen Muslims.

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"Carl Erdmann further stated in his book that crusades were in effect a by product of the eleventh century Reform Movement, for whom the ultimate purpose was not only a complete purification of the Church, but also of all Christians, including soldiers and warriors. In short, said the author, a crusade was nothing but a method in which the excess energies of the people of the time, and their violent temperaments and a military nature could be channelized creatively into doing well, and towards sacred ends. Therefore, Jerusalem, the so-called professed end of a Crusade, was more like a sort of enlistment tool rather than a serious objective or plan. HEJ Cowdery has been a strong critic of Carl Erdmann's style of thinking, and he asks the most important question, of whether or not the rescue of the Holy City was one of the most important missions that Pope Urban hoped to achieve through his call for the First Crusade. "

Sample of Sources Used:

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