 In Western Europe, Jerusalem was increasingly seen as worthy of penitential pilgrimages.The Seljuk hold on Jerusalem was weak, and the group lost the city to the Fatimids, and returning pilgrims, such as the Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–1065, reported difficulties and the oppression of Christians.The Byzantine need for military support coincided with an increase in the willingness of the western European warrior class to accept papal military command.