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- With the Seljuk threat pressing
hard upon the Byzantines Alexius I sent a plea to Pope Urban
II. The Pope then called for a crusade to free the Holy Land.
Soon, thousands of knights were on their way to the Holy Land.
Some went for wealth and land, others to escape troubles at home,
but many went to fight in the name of God. Meanwhile, the Crusading
Spirit has also flourished in Spain. Several kingdoms in this
region have been campaigning to regain their lands, which was
taken by the Muslims. These campaigns became known as the "Reconquista",
or "reconquest". This was the beginning of two centuries
of long and bloody warfare.
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