The first Pope to call for the crusades
Pope Urban II
The recaptured holy land in the first crusade was called
The Kingdom of Jerusalem
There was an oversupply of what prior to the crusades?
Knights
The first Catholic attack against a Catholic city occurred under what crusade?
The Fourth
The Sacking of Constantinople is considered one of the greatest _________ disasters in history
Cultural
Led thousands of peasants on the People's crusade
Peter the Hermit
Where were the four armies from in the first crusade
France, Germany, Normandy, and Flanders (Belgium)
If Christians were not killed on their pilgrimages what would they have to do?
Pay a tax/toll
The First Crusade
What is a war of attrition?
A war of exhaustion
Byzantine Emperor who asked for the Pope's assistance
Alexios Kommenos
Name all the modern countries in the levant
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel/Palestine
Many Christians viewed the crusades as what
An act of devotion
The Muslim capture of Jerusalem prompted which crusade?
The Third Crusade
The Kingdom of Jerusalem essentially functioned as a
Colony
The fourth crudade was called for by what pope?
Pope Innocent III
The name of the Muslims in Turkey were called
Seljuks
Christianity's elite were called to do what
Put aside local rivalries to support the Church's collective cause
The failure to capture the city of Damascus was under which crusade?
The Second Crusade
What three cities did the crusaders capture in the first crusade
Dorylaeum, Edessa, and Antioch
Byzantine Prince who asked for the crusaders help
Alexios Angelos
The leader of Venice asked the crusaders to attack what city in the fourth crusade?
Zara, Croatia
Before the crusades, Knights were fighting each other over
Land and castles
The Byzantine Prince, then Emperor, was deposed as their leader in a what
Popular Uprising