03 December 2019
Word of the Day: First Crusade
FIRST CRUSADE. The mainly French expedition (1096-99) inspired by Pope
Urban II, which ended with the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. Godfrey of Bouillon
(d. 1100), who was one of the leaders of the crusade, was elected ruler of Jerusalem.
He called himself "Defender of the Holy Sepulcher," refusing to call
himself king or to wear a crown, "through respect for Him who had been
crowned in that place with the crown of thorns."
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