The Influence of Preachers (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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The Influence of Preachers
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Role of preachers in crusades

Link between papal authority & popular participation

Invitatio definition

Formal appeal for people to take the cross as crusaders

Crusader's vow

Solemn religious promise to complete the crusade

Why preachers chose holy days

Crowds already gathered thinking about spiritual matters

Target audience for crusade preachers

Wealthy knights & noblemen with resources & training

Peter the Hermit problem

Recruited poor, elderly & women not trained knights

When papal legates used for preaching

From 1173-74 onwards

Bernard of Clairvaux's significance

Most successful crusade preacher of 12th century

Kings Bernard recruited for Second Crusade

Louis VII of France & Conrad III of Germany

Archbishop Baldwin Welsh recruitment 1188

Approximately 3,000 crusaders

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