25.9.11

First crusade (1095-1099)


Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade in 1095 in order to help the Orthodox Christians of the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus in the conquest of Jerusalem against the Seljuk Turks. Peter, the hermit, led one of the groups. After taking the Holy city they created the Latin kingdom and the Crusader States.

O Papa Urbano II proclamou a Primeira Cruzada em 1095 com a finalidade de ajudar os cristãos ortodoxos do Imperador bizantino Aleixo I Comeno na conquista de Jerusalém aos Turcos Seljúcidas. Pedro, o eremita, dirigia um dos grupos. Após a tomada da cidade Santa criaram o reino latino e os estados cruzados.

Unknown-'Pieter the Hermit shows the crusaders the way to Jerusalem during the first crusade'-miniature-1270   Paris-BNF (Roman du chevalier du cygne, Ms 3139,f 176)

Unknown-'the siege of Antioch (1097-1098)'-miniature-1200   Lyon-Bibliothèque Municipal (Williamof Tyre; Estoire d' Outremer,  Ms 828,f 33r)

Unknown-'Tancred de Hauteville captures the city of Tarsus'-miniature-1339   Paris-BNF (Roman de Godefroi de Bouillon, Ms 22495, f 32v)

Unknown (14th century)-'siege of  Jerusalem (1099)'-miniature   Padova-Biblioteca Capitolare (Codex Justinianus)

Unknown-'Godefroi de Bouillon as declared in the Holy Sepulchre (1099)-miniature'   Paris-BNF (Ms 1280, f 83)

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