The Crusades being Preached by a Monk on Horseback

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Illustration of a monk, riding horseback, surrounded by other Crusaders. Two other monks are in the crowd. A woman kneels at the head of the group and raises her child up to see the soldiers. The monk on horseback holds a cross in his raised hand. Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade in 1095. The goal was to restore Christian access to holy places in and around Jerusalem.

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soldier, catholic, horse, preach, soldiers, monk, horseback, Jerusalem, crusade, clergy, preaching, first crusade, Peter the Hermit, Pope Urban

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Miscellaneous Middle East Illustrations, Miscellaneous European Illustrations

Source

Right Rev. Richard Gilmour, D.D. Bible History: Containing the Most Remarkable Events of the Old and New Testaments, with a Compendium of Church History (New York, New York: Benziger Brothers, 1904) 283

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