The Call for a Crusade Pope Urban II at Clermont Council of Clermont, 27 November 1095
Robert the Monk Chronicler of the First Crusade Did not participate in the expedition Rewrote the Gesta Francorum at the request of his abbot, who was appalled at the 'rustic' style of the Gesta. NB: The Gesta was an anonymous chronicle written around 1101 by somebody associated with a Crusade leader, Bohemond of Antioch
Pope Urban II Pope: 1088 – 1099 Faced competition from a rival pope, Clement III – installed and backed by Henry IV Was unable to enter Rome for much of his reign
Clermont/ The Holy Roman Empire
Alexios Komnenos Byzantine Emperor (1081 – 1118)
Byzantine Empire (600 AD)
Byzantine Empire and the Arab Caliphate (650 A.D.)
Byzantine Empire (immediately prior to the First Crusade)