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Second Crusade
The Second Crusade (1147-1149 CE) was a military campaign organised by the Pope and European
nobles to recapture the city of Edessa in Mesopotamia which had fallen in 1144 CE to the Muslim
Seljuk Turks. Despite an army of 60,000 and the presence of two western kings, the crusade was not
successful in the Levant and caused further tension between the Byzantine Empire and the west. The
Second Crusade also included significant campaigns in the Iberian peninsula and the Baltic against
the Muslim Moors and pagan Europeans respectively. Both secondary campaigns were largely
successful but the main objective, to free the Latin East from the threat of Muslim occupation, would
remain unfulfilled, and so further crusades over the next two centuries would be called, all with only
marginal successes.
Goals
Edessa, located on the edge of the desert of Syria in Upper Mesopotamia, was an important
commercial and cultural centre. The city had been in Christian hands since the First Crusade (1095-
1102 CE) but it fell to Imad ad-Din Zangi (r. 1127-1146 CE), the Muslim independent ruler of Mosul
(in Iraq) and Aleppo (in Syria), on 24 December 1144 CE. Following the capture, which Muslims
described as "the victory of victories" (Asbridge, 226), western Christians were killed or sold into
slavery while eastern Christians were permitted to remain. A response was called for. The Christians
of Edessa had appealed for help, and a general defence of the Latin East, as the Crusader states in
the Middle East were collectively known, was required.
THE LACK OF A PRECISE AIM FOR THE
SECOND CRUSADE WOULD HAVE
REPERCUSSIONS LATER IN THE WESTERN
LEADERS' CHOICE OF MILITARY TARGETS.
Pope Eugenius III (r. 1145-1153 CE) formally called for a crusade (what is now known as the Second
Crusade) on 1 December 1145 CE. The goals of the campaign were put somewhat vaguely. Neither
Edessa nor Zangi was specifically mentioned, rather it was a broad appeal for the achievements of the
First Crusade and Christians and holy relics in the Levant to be protected. This lack of a precise aim
would have repercussions later in the Crusaders' choice of military targets. To boost the Crusade's
appeal, Christians who joined were promised a remission of their sins, even if they died on the
journey to the Levant. In addition, their property and families would be protected while away and
such trivial matters as interest on loans would be suspended or cancelled. The appeal, backed by
recruitment tours across Europe - notably by Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux - and the widespread public
reading of a letter from the Pope (called the Quantum praedecessores after its first two words), was
hugely successful, and 60,000 Crusaders made ready for departure.

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Second Crusade

  • 1. Second Crusade The Second Crusade (1147-1149 CE) was a military campaign organised by the Pope and European nobles to recapture the city of Edessa in Mesopotamia which had fallen in 1144 CE to the Muslim Seljuk Turks. Despite an army of 60,000 and the presence of two western kings, the crusade was not successful in the Levant and caused further tension between the Byzantine Empire and the west. The Second Crusade also included significant campaigns in the Iberian peninsula and the Baltic against the Muslim Moors and pagan Europeans respectively. Both secondary campaigns were largely successful but the main objective, to free the Latin East from the threat of Muslim occupation, would remain unfulfilled, and so further crusades over the next two centuries would be called, all with only marginal successes. Goals Edessa, located on the edge of the desert of Syria in Upper Mesopotamia, was an important commercial and cultural centre. The city had been in Christian hands since the First Crusade (1095- 1102 CE) but it fell to Imad ad-Din Zangi (r. 1127-1146 CE), the Muslim independent ruler of Mosul (in Iraq) and Aleppo (in Syria), on 24 December 1144 CE. Following the capture, which Muslims described as "the victory of victories" (Asbridge, 226), western Christians were killed or sold into slavery while eastern Christians were permitted to remain. A response was called for. The Christians of Edessa had appealed for help, and a general defence of the Latin East, as the Crusader states in the Middle East were collectively known, was required. THE LACK OF A PRECISE AIM FOR THE SECOND CRUSADE WOULD HAVE
  • 2. REPERCUSSIONS LATER IN THE WESTERN LEADERS' CHOICE OF MILITARY TARGETS. Pope Eugenius III (r. 1145-1153 CE) formally called for a crusade (what is now known as the Second Crusade) on 1 December 1145 CE. The goals of the campaign were put somewhat vaguely. Neither Edessa nor Zangi was specifically mentioned, rather it was a broad appeal for the achievements of the First Crusade and Christians and holy relics in the Levant to be protected. This lack of a precise aim would have repercussions later in the Crusaders' choice of military targets. To boost the Crusade's appeal, Christians who joined were promised a remission of their sins, even if they died on the journey to the Levant. In addition, their property and families would be protected while away and such trivial matters as interest on loans would be suspended or cancelled. The appeal, backed by recruitment tours across Europe - notably by Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux - and the widespread public reading of a letter from the Pope (called the Quantum praedecessores after its first two words), was hugely successful, and 60,000 Crusaders made ready for departure.