This post is the fourth in a series about the most prevalent modern myths about the Crusades and how to refute them.
This month we remember the 916th anniversary of the liberation of the Holy City of Jerusalem by the First Crusaders (July 15, 1099). News of the success of the First Crusade was enthusiastically welcomed by the inhabitants of Christendom. Unfortunately, Bl. Pope Urban II, who inaugurated the Crusading movement and centered its focus on Jerusalem, died before the news reached Rome.
