What Was Pope Urban's Role In The Third Crusade

There would not have been a crusading era without the First Crusade. Pope Urban’s willingness to aid Alexious I of Byzantine to halt the rise of Islam, his desire to retake Jerusalem and unite eastern and western Churches proved to be more difficult than he anticipated. Therefore, there cannot be anything more significant than the First Crusade as it established a new Christian policy, one in which the papacy called upon Christian warriors to embark to distant lands and kill in the name of God. For their deeds, they were granted eternal salvation for all of their earthly sins. Regretfully, Christian success during the First Crusade only began the process of uniting Muslims in order to expel the Christian infidels, and identified continued political and social disunity within the Christian west. That said the Third Crusade was very important to western and the eastern combatants.
Yes, he used his ego and nepotism to gain his religious and political wants, but there is little doubt about his abilities as a military leader. At the same time, King Richard I of England deserves the accolades he is continually given for his participation in the Third Crusade. However, it is ironic that he settled for diplomacy and accepted terms with Saladin for a truce in order to secure Christian access to the Holy City. Yet, Frederick II of Germany was chastised for accomplishing the same thing as King Richard. In doing so, Frederick gained more lands for the Christians and probably save more Christian and Muslim lives. The tragedy of the Third Crusade was the ultimate failure of the western leadership; including but not limited to the papacy, the Lords, and nobles to learn how to prepare for and win the holy