What made a crusade new?
What made a crusade new?

In 1095 Pope Urban II called on western Christians to aid Byzantium and recover Jerusalem. A crusade was more than a war, because participants took a vow and believed the expedition could bring spiritual reward.
Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192 for A Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Unit group 1, Unit group 2 and Unit group 3, plus the Y100 non-exam assessment format. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.