Early in his pontificate, Gregory laid plans for a grand military enterprise that can be regarded as the first real prototype for a crusade. In 1074 he tried to launch a holy war in the eastern Mediterranean in aid of the [...] who were, he claimed, ‘daily being butchered like cattle’ by the Muslims of Asia Minor.
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Greek Orthodox Christians of Byzantium,
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Early in his pontificate, Gregory laid plans for a grand military enterprise that can be regarded as the first real prototype for a crusade. In 1074 he tried to launch a holy war in the eastern Mediterranean in aid of the [...] who were, he claimed, ‘daily being butchered like cattle’ by the Muslims of Asia Minor.
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Early in his pontificate, Gregory laid plans for a grand military enterprise that can be regarded as the first real prototype for a crusade. In 1074 he tried to launch a holy war in the eastern Mediterranean in aid of the [...] who were, he claimed, ‘daily being butchered like cattle’ by the Muslims of Asia Minor.
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Greek Orthodox Christians of Byzantium,
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The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land PDF Book by Thomas Asbridge Read Online Free - Page 6 regory twisted this idea to suit his purpose, proclaiming that all lay society had one overriding obligation: to defend the Latin Church as ‘soldiers of Christ’ through actual physical warfare. <span>Early in his pontificate, Gregory laid plans for a grand military enterprise that can be regarded as the first real prototype for a crusade. In 1074 he tried to launch a holy war in the eastern Mediterranean in aid of the Greek Orthodox Christians of Byzantium, who were, he claimed, ‘daily being butchered like cattle’ by the Muslims of Asia Minor. Latins fighting in this campaign were promised a ‘heavenly reward’. His grandiose project fell flat, eliciting very limited recruitment, perhaps because Gregory had boldly pronounced hi
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