Starter quiz
- Those who chose to take part in the First Crusade were promised forgiveness for their ______.
- 'sins' ✓
- Many crusaders thought that they would recapture the city of __________.
- Jerusalem ✓
- Byzantium
- Rome
- Clermont
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- The first of the two crusading groups to reach Anatolia was called the '______ Crusade'.
- 'People's' ✓
- At which battle did the Seljuks fail to defeat the crusading army on 1 July 1097?
- Nicaea
- Civetot
- Jerusalem
- Dorylaeum ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, place these cities in the chronological order in which they were captured by the crusaders.
- 1⇔Nicaea
- 2⇔Edessa
- 3⇔Antioch
- 4⇔Jerusalem
- 5⇔Tripoli
- During the siege of Jerusalem, the crusaders made use of two siege ______.
- 'towers' ✓
Exit quiz
- One likely reason Urban II called the First Crusade was to establish his position as ______.
- 'pope' ✓
- Warring nobles from __________ were a problem for Urban II at this time?
- France ✓
- Germany
- Byzantium
- Antioch
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- The spread of __________ into Europe was of concern to Urban II.
- Judaism
- Islam ✓
- Christianity
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- The ______ Emperor Alexios I Komnenos asked for Pope Urban II’s help in fighting back the Seljuk Turks.
- 'Byzantine' ✓
- Which of these were reasons why people answered the call to go on crusade?
- Their sins would be removed. ✓
- Their desire to go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. ✓
- To try and gain land and riches. ✓
- They wanted to convert to Islam.
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- A lack of sources from ______ people of this time means historians can only make inferences about crusaders' motivations.
- 'ordinary' ✓
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Key learning points
- The invasion of Byzantium was one reason for the First Crusade.
- The actions of Urban II were one cause of the First Crusade.
- The desire to fight for their God and the Church motivated some crusaders.
- The desire to go on a holy journey motivated some crusaders.
- Historians disagree about the relative importance of the reasons why the First Crusade occurred as and when it did.
Common misconception
The only reason why crusaders went on the First Crusade was to capture Jerusalem for Christianity.
People went on crusade for a wide variety of reasons; for some people, capturing Jerusalem from the Muslims was important, but it was almost certainly not the reason why the First Crusade was called in the first place.
Keywords
Pope - the pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Crusade - a crusade is a military expedition against a group considered by the papacy to be an enemy of the Church
Pilgrimage - a pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place
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