(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.
The first crusade was a success for a few reasons: 1st-because it was the first and the Crusaders took Jeruselum!Basically the European men(crusaders) had a cause...they believed it was a holy war and fighting such a war would be their ticket to heaven (Many of them were criminals or peasants).he first crusade was a success for a few reasons: 1st-because it was the first and the Crusaders took Jeruselum!