This is a topic at is universally agreed on by scholars. The crusader’s would’ve have a preconceived notion of the apocalypse from the Book of Revelations. Marshall states that Urban portrayed the clash between Islam and Christianity as “good” and “evil.” This idea causes apocalypticism to be linked with duality. In every apocalyptic battle, there are good and evil sides, and they are distinctly different from each other. Rubenstein says since Urban was calling for an earthly battle in Jerusalem, and the biblical prophecies had predicted a heavenly battle in Jerusalem- it was impossible to not see the link between the two battles. One motivation for pilgrims joining the First Crusade was that they believed that the Apocalypse was nigh, and they wanted to be in Jerusalem when these events took place. Additionally, some crusaders believed that by going to Jerusalem, they could “set in motion the events of Apocalypse.” Essentially, scholars believe that Urban’s painting of the final battle between good and evil was more crucial to the beginning of the First Crusade, rather than greed. Characterizing the First Crusade as a money grab for the crusaders would be ludicrous, in theory, as Christianity speaks against materialism. Greed was just a distraction that plagued the
This is a topic at is universally agreed on by scholars. The crusader’s would’ve have a preconceived notion of the apocalypse from the Book of Revelations. Marshall states that Urban portrayed the clash between Islam and Christianity as “good” and “evil.” This idea causes apocalypticism to be linked with duality. In every apocalyptic battle, there are good and evil sides, and they are distinctly different from each other. Rubenstein says since Urban was calling for an earthly battle in Jerusalem, and the biblical prophecies had predicted a heavenly battle in Jerusalem- it was impossible to not see the link between the two battles. One motivation for pilgrims joining the First Crusade was that they believed that the Apocalypse was nigh, and they wanted to be in Jerusalem when these events took place. Additionally, some crusaders believed that by going to Jerusalem, they could “set in motion the events of Apocalypse.” Essentially, scholars believe that Urban’s painting of the final battle between good and evil was more crucial to the beginning of the First Crusade, rather than greed. Characterizing the First Crusade as a money grab for the crusaders would be ludicrous, in theory, as Christianity speaks against materialism. Greed was just a distraction that plagued the