What in Your View Is the Short Term Significance of Pope Urban’s Speech at Clermont in 1095?

think that there were many short term effects which were significance from the speech by the Pope at Clermont, I saw the overpowering effect of this event being Christian Unity amongst the Crusaders as it can be seen as a catalyst for the future capture of a very important stronghold in the Middle East, Jerusalem. There were many positives of capturing such an important city such as Jerusalem and this is why I think this is major significant effect from the pope’s speech at Clermont. The capture allowed the united crusaders to push on and capture many surrounding towns of the large city. The speech inspired the crusaders to go on the religious campaign to the Middle east as they believed that it would gain them a place in heaven and this I why I think that they did so well as they were fighting for a cause which speared them on even more to beat the Muslim and take back the Holy land.

The unification of the Christians was a huge impact from the Pope’s speech at Clermont as it rallied the Crusades as they prepared for the long journey towards the Holy Land. “It ought to be a beautiful ideal for you to die for Christ in that city where Christ died for you” That quote are words which Urban preached towards the Christians gathered at Clermont. I think that passage is a very powerful message towards the Christians, and as religion was such a big part of their lives so it meant a lot to all the crusaders participating in the event. Urban deliberately drew on the established traditions of the Christian pilgrimage; he added the fact that this was a ‘holy war’ which justified the reasons for the killing of other men. The speech was an attempt by Urban to assert the papal power and authority not only on the western European leaders but to affect those such as the Byzantines and the Muslims. Furthermore, there was large number raised for the crusades, 60,000 people set out for the crusade in 1096. After Urban’s speech at Clermont, preachers went out all across Europe and...