Call For Crusade

Who is the intended audience?

All Christians in Europe

Who wrote the document and what was their role in society?

Written by Robert the Monk

Why this source is historically significant?

(expansion of European influence)(nomadic peoples) Started the beginning of the 8 series of crusades. Brought Europe into contact with the East.

Summarize the content and be specific.

Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of "Deus vult!" or "God wills it!"

What type of document is it/what is its purpose?

Robert's account of the speech made by Pope Urban II to stop the expansion of Muslim states, to reclaim for Christianity the Holy Land in the Middle East, and to recapture territories that had formerly been Christian

What are the crusades and why do they matter?

The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups. In all, there were eight major Crusade expeditions. The bloody, violent and often ruthless conflicts propelled the status of European Christians, making them major players in the fight for land in the Middle East.

When and where was it written?

in the 12th century