epking
Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade in 1095 in an effort to protect the Byzantine Empire from Turkish expansion.
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The Crusades
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jstack
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The the Holy Roman Empire launched nine Crusades in all, they ultimately failed in thier objective to stop Turkish expansion.
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MonarchX
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Those who fought in the Crusades were granted indulgences, which amounted to forgiveness for past sins.
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Explorer72
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No. Pope Urban called for the First Crusade to retake Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land back from the Seljuk Turks who conquered it in 1070.
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Masada007
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It doesn't matter to us who lounched the Crusades, if Catholic Popes or Catholic kings, or Peter the Hermit. The Crusades were for us, the Jews, a nightmare, as they adopted the slogan: "Why go all the way to the Middle East if the killers of our lord are right here?" And they would kill Jews by the thousands.