Anushah Khan
“’p[;,The First Crusade was a success for the Papal Reform Movement?
Intro:
- The driving force behind the First Crusade was in fact the Papal Reform Movement- Pope Urban II wished
to heal the Investture Contest in 1071 & Great Schism in 1054
- Prestge of Church and Urban’s power elevated- t.f an overall success
Factor How did the crusade help?
Investiture Contest: -Would elevate the power of Urban and t.f allow him to gain
- Sermon @ Clermont echoed Gregory VII in 1074 back leadership
- ‘Militia ancti Petri’- developed idea of Holy War -To further Gregory’s vision and put milita sanct petri into
& an autocratc nature of Papal rule by Gregory acton an opportunity was needed- 1st crusade was perfect
- Investture contest created by the claimed
supremacy over the Pope by Henry IV & the
establishment of the ant-pope Clement III (Gilbert
of Ravenna) kept pope out of Rome
- Milita sanct petri was then developed through
Gregory’s responded defence of the Church & the
seat of St Peter- excommunicated Henry in 1076
Great chism: -Urban hoped that the crusade to aid ‘Eastern Christans’
- Urban wished to end the Great Schism between would heal the doctrine diferences with the Orthodox
Latn & Orthodox Church (believed yyaantne Church and unite both churches under him.
Emperor was semi-divine & Constantnople was -Therefore, Urban called the crusade at Clermont because
the centre of Christendom) he needed an essentally a project to unite the Catholic
- Church and place the popes as the leaders of Christanity.
Internal divisions: -would provide remission of sin
-issues within the Church itself; simony, clerical marriage -11th century Europe characterised by knighthood- sins
and pluralism involved in day to day life
-hoped papacy would help to gain ascendancy over its -would solve this, the violence of the knighthood would be
politcs diverted to further politcal aims of the crusades
“’p[;,The First Crusade was a success for the Papal Reform Movement?
Intro:
- The driving force behind the First Crusade was in fact the Papal Reform Movement- Pope Urban II wished
to heal the Investture Contest in 1071 & Great Schism in 1054
- Prestge of Church and Urban’s power elevated- t.f an overall success
Factor How did the crusade help?
Investiture Contest: -Would elevate the power of Urban and t.f allow him to gain
- Sermon @ Clermont echoed Gregory VII in 1074 back leadership
- ‘Militia ancti Petri’- developed idea of Holy War -To further Gregory’s vision and put milita sanct petri into
& an autocratc nature of Papal rule by Gregory acton an opportunity was needed- 1st crusade was perfect
- Investture contest created by the claimed
supremacy over the Pope by Henry IV & the
establishment of the ant-pope Clement III (Gilbert
of Ravenna) kept pope out of Rome
- Milita sanct petri was then developed through
Gregory’s responded defence of the Church & the
seat of St Peter- excommunicated Henry in 1076
Great chism: -Urban hoped that the crusade to aid ‘Eastern Christans’
- Urban wished to end the Great Schism between would heal the doctrine diferences with the Orthodox
Latn & Orthodox Church (believed yyaantne Church and unite both churches under him.
Emperor was semi-divine & Constantnople was -Therefore, Urban called the crusade at Clermont because
the centre of Christendom) he needed an essentally a project to unite the Catholic
- Church and place the popes as the leaders of Christanity.
Internal divisions: -would provide remission of sin
-issues within the Church itself; simony, clerical marriage -11th century Europe characterised by knighthood- sins
and pluralism involved in day to day life
-hoped papacy would help to gain ascendancy over its -would solve this, the violence of the knighthood would be
politcs diverted to further politcal aims of the crusades
