HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Philip Ii Of France, Isauria, Isaac Ii Angelos
16 Nov 2020
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France"s king louis vii (1137 1180), urged on by his adventurous wife eleanor of aquitaine, determined to lead the way. Piety guided him, but so did concern to wrest control of the crusade phenomenon from the papacy. Louis was as inept a military commander as he was a political ruler: he conscripted st. bernard of clairvaux. the highly respected abbot of one of france"s leading monasteries, to preach the crusade. Bernard initially hoped to keep this crusade an entirely french affair. enthusiasm for the campaign quickly caught on in germany. The french troops gathered at paris and set off for constantinople behind the advanced. Most of the german forces were cut down in asia minor. Louis and his soldiers, accompanied by eleanor and her amazon-costumed ladies-in-waiting, made it safely to the holy land. By this time zangi had been murdered by a political rival and his throne had passed to his son.
