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The Call for a Crusade

The Call for a Crusade . Pope Urban II at Clermont Council of Clermont, 27 November 1095. Robert the Monk. Chronicler of the First Crusade Did not participate in the expedition Rewrote the Gesta Francorum at the request of his abbot, who was appalled at the 'rustic' style of the Gesta .

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The Call for a Crusade

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  1. The Call for a Crusade Pope Urban II at ClermontCouncil of Clermont, 27 November 1095

  2. Robert the Monk • Chronicler of the First Crusade • Did not participate in the expedition • Rewrote the GestaFrancorum at the request of his abbot, who was appalled at the 'rustic' style of the Gesta. • NB: The Gestawas an anonymous chronicle written around 1101 by somebody associated with a Crusade leader, Bohemond of Antioch

  3. Pope Urban II • Pope: 1088 – 1099 • Faced competition from a rival pope, Clement III – installed and backed by Henry IV • Was unable to enter Rome for much of his reign

  4. Clermont/ The Holy Roman Empire

  5. AlexiosKomnenosByzantine Emperor (1081 – 1118)

  6. Byzantine Empire (600 AD)

  7. Byzantine Empire and the Arab Caliphate (650 A.D.)

  8. Byzantine Empire (immediately prior to the First Crusade)

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