Pope Urban II's Speech At The Council Of Clermont
The Council of Clermont
For many years the point has been argued by historians as to whom to give credit for initiating The First Crusade. Some individuals might say that Peter the Hermit is responsible. However, historians agree that Pope Urban II 's speech at the Council of Clermont initiated the First Crusade and influenced the people and events in the battles.
In August of the year 1095 Pope Urban arrived in France to help reform the church there. He soon called for a general church council in November at Clermont, and traveled through various towns reforming churches until he arrived in Clermont in mid-November. "The council met 18 through 28 of November, 1095 with three hundred clerics attending." The council had several items on the …show more content…
Being influence by one man so much greatly unified them. During the Pope 's speech he urged people to sew crosses on their clothing so they had a common symbol. This symbol identified them as Christians marching against the infidels. This gave them a uniform (Hill 449). Yet another reason that Christians were so strong was because they had so many people join the expedition. "On November 27, 1095 at the Council of Clermont, he [Pope Urban] delivered the address which led so many thousands to take the cross" (Brundage 7). But the large numbers of Crusaders willing to fight was not always a good thing.
When Urban said that rich and poor alike should go, he probably only meant that knights should not plead poverty as an excuse...he never intended that penniless rabbles should swarm eastward into the teeth of trained Turkish armies" (Knox 3).
This misunderstanding led to one of the biggest losses for the Christians when peasants began to the march east following the lead of Peter the Hermit, a follower of the Pope (Knox 4). Peter ended up leading thousands and thousands of armless and defenseless peasants to their deaths at the hands of the trained Turkish-Moslem
For many years the point has been argued by historians as to whom to give credit for initiating The First Crusade. Some individuals might say that Peter the Hermit is responsible. However, historians agree that Pope Urban II 's speech at the Council of Clermont initiated the First Crusade and influenced the people and events in the battles.
In August of the year 1095 Pope Urban arrived in France to help reform the church there. He soon called for a general church council in November at Clermont, and traveled through various towns reforming churches until he arrived in Clermont in mid-November. "The council met 18 through 28 of November, 1095 with three hundred clerics attending." The council had several items on the …show more content…
Being influence by one man so much greatly unified them. During the Pope 's speech he urged people to sew crosses on their clothing so they had a common symbol. This symbol identified them as Christians marching against the infidels. This gave them a uniform (Hill 449). Yet another reason that Christians were so strong was because they had so many people join the expedition. "On November 27, 1095 at the Council of Clermont, he [Pope Urban] delivered the address which led so many thousands to take the cross" (Brundage 7). But the large numbers of Crusaders willing to fight was not always a good thing.
When Urban said that rich and poor alike should go, he probably only meant that knights should not plead poverty as an excuse...he never intended that penniless rabbles should swarm eastward into the teeth of trained Turkish armies" (Knox 3).
This misunderstanding led to one of the biggest losses for the Christians when peasants began to the march east following the lead of Peter the Hermit, a follower of the Pope (Knox 4). Peter ended up leading thousands and thousands of armless and defenseless peasants to their deaths at the hands of the trained Turkish-Moslem