This engagement began when Alexius I of Constantinople feared that his country would fall and called for help from the Pope, who then issued the Synod of Clermont.
This engagement began when Alexius I of Constantinople feared that his country would fall and called for help from the Pope, who then issued the Synod of Clermont. Among its principal leaders were Stephen of Blois and Duke Robert of Normandy and its first target was Nicaea, which was besieged. After capturing the city they were after, Godfrey of Bouillon was elected as Guardian. FTP, name this, the first of many attempts by Christians to take Jerusalem.
This engagement began when Alexius I of Constantinople feared that his country would fall and called for help from the Pope, who then issued the Synod of Clermont.
the First Crusade