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Crusade and to a lesser extent the Third Crusade were successful.  One of the

Crusade and to a lesser extent the Third Crusade were successful.  One of the

main purposes of the crusades was to make [[Jerusalem]] safe for Christian

main purposes of the crusades was to make [[Jerusalem]] safe for Christian

pilgrimages.  At the request of the Byzantine Emperor, who wished fro a

pilgrimages.  At the request of the Byzantine Emperor, who wished for a

mercenary force to aid his reconquest of his lands, in 1095 [[Pope Urban II]]

mercenary force to aid his reconquest of his lands, in 1095 [[Pope Urban II]]

called for feudal [[knights]] to retake the [[Holy Land]] from the [[Seljuk

called for feudal [[knights]] to retake the [[Holy Land]] from the [[Seljuk