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At the Council of Clermont in he preached for the sending of the First Crusade to recover Palestine, which had fallen to the Muslims, hoping to unite the Christian West, then torn by strife between rival rulers. He continued Gregory's work of church reform and his councils condemned simony, lay investiture, and clerical marriage.
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Recently viewed 0 Save Search. Your current browser may not support copying via this button. Not all who responded did so out of piety: European nobles were tempted by the prospect of increased land holdings and riches to be gained from the conquest. These nobles were responsible for the death of a great many innocents both on the way to and in the Holy Land, absorbing the riches and estates of those they conveniently deemed opponents to their cause. Adding to the death toll was the inexperience and lack of discipline of the Christian peasants against the trained, professional armies of the Muslims.
As a result, the Christians were initially beaten back, and only through sheer force of numbers were they eventually able to triumph. Urban died in , two weeks after the fall of Jerusalem but before news of the Christian victory made it back to Europe. His was the first of seven major military campaigns fought over the next two centuries known as the Crusades, the bloody repercussions of which are still felt today.
Urban was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle. Hendrix grew up playing guitar, imitating blues greats like Muddy Waters as well as early rockers.
He joined the army in and became a paratrooper but was honorably discharged in after an injury that exempted him from duty According to the White House Historical Without bothering to identify the village or do any reconnaissance, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an early morning attack on a band of peaceful Cheyenne living with Chief Black Kettle.
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