the crusaders took over the holy land but they pope didnt want them their so he acted in war and disbelief of that anything bad would happen to his people no matter what would happen if he would loose or not
The pope urged western Christians to take up arms against the Seljuk Turks
Explanation:
The Seljuk Turks also known as Muslims took over the holy land in the 1050's the Seljuk Turks over ran the Byzantine empire conquering the entire empire and parts of Palestine was also conquered by the Seljuk Turks who were Muslims .this war and conquering lasted for 4 decades before the Byzantine empire asked the pope for help in 1095 when they saw that they could no longer deal with the Turks alone.
The pope responded to the call for help by asking Western Christians to take up arms and fight the Seljuk Turks in a bid to reclaim the holy land back from them. these christian Army was formed mostly form the Roman Empire
