(Definition of âput the cart before the horseâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press) Translations of âput the cart before the horseâ.
FIRST CRUSADE. It was against this background that Pope Urban II, in a speech at Clermont in France in November 1095, called for a great Christian expedition to free Jerusalem from the Seljuk Turks, a new Muslim power that had recently begun actively harassing peaceful Christian pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem.
Cause of the Crusades-The Preaching of Peter the Hermit The immediate cause of the First Crusade was the preaching of Peter the Hermit, a native of Picardy, in France.