Multiple choice

Who requested military assistance from the Europeans w/the excuse for launching the Crusades?

  1. Pope Urban II

  2. the Cistercian monk Bernard of Clairvaux

  3. the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus

  4. the German emperor Frederick Barbarossa

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Emperor Alexius I Comnenus sent an appeal to Pope Urban II for military aid against the Seljuk Turks, which served as the catalyst for the Council of Clermont and the subsequent First Crusade.