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The Crusader Popes
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Because all Pope's were involved to varying degrees with politics in the Holy Land during the crusades to the East, all popes from 1071 to 1291 will be examined here. This page will highlight these individuals providing a more extensive examination of certain papal reigns. Additionally, some significant popes from the era of the Reconquista will be examined that fall outside of the timeframe listed above.
The Crusader Popes Other Popes Relevant to the Crusading Era Other Useful Links
List of Popes Catholic Encyclopedia-Includes Catholic Encyclopedia Entries for almost all 265 Popes from St. Peter to Benedict XVI
Pope Alexander II 1061-1073
Pope Leo IV r.847-855
Pope Gregory VII 1073-1085
Pope John VIII r.872-882
Pope Victor III 1086-1087
Clement V r.1305-1314
Pope Urban II 1088-1099
Innocent VIII r.1484-92
Pope Paschal II 1099-1118 Alexander VI r.1492-1503
Papal Primary Sources Related to Crusading
Pope Galasius II 1118-1119
Leo IV Forgiveness of Sins for Those Who Dies in Battle with the Heathen Internet History Sourcebooks
Secondary Sources
Pope Callistus II 1119-1124
H.E.J. Cowdrey Pope Urban II's Preaching of the First Crusade [PDF Sample Chapter] In The Crusades: The Essential Readings Ed. Thomas Madden. Provided by Blackwell Publishing.
Pope Honorius II 1124-1130
Pope Innocent II 1130-1143
Pope John VIII Indulgence for Fighting the Heathen [878] Internet History Sourcebooks
Pope Celestine II 1143-1144
Pope Lucius II 1144-1145
Pope Gregory VII Call for a Crusade [1074] Crusades-Encyclopedia
Steven Gertz Innocent's Corrupted Crusade Christianity Today- Spring 2004
Pope Eugenius III 1145-1153
Pope Anastasius IV 1153-1154
Fulcher of Chartres-Pope Urban II's Speech at Clermont Internet History Sourcebooks
Peter Linehan The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century 1971 LIBRO
Pope Adrian IV 1154-1159
Pope Alexander III 1159-1181
Guibert of Nogent- Pope Urban II's Speech at Clermont- Internet History Sourcebooks
Pope Lucius III 1181-1185
Lynn Nelson Lectures for a Medieval Survey- Innocent III ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Pope Urban III 1185-1187
Gesta Francorum- Pope Urban II's Speech at Clermont- Internet History Sourcebooks
Pope Gregory VIII 1187
Pope Clement III 1187-1191 H.G. Wells  The Crusades and the Age of Papal Dominion Chapter In A Short History of the World. 1922.
Collected Accounts- Five Versions of Pope Urban II's Speech at Clermont Internet History Sourcebooks
Pope Celestine III 1191-1198
Pope Innocent III 1198-1216
Frederic Duncalf "The Councils of Piacenza and Clermont." In A History of the Crusades Ed. Kenneth Meyer Setton Vol. I  220-254 Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969-89.
Pope Honorius III 1216-1227
Robert the Monk- Pope Urban II's Speech at Clermont Internet History Sourcebooks
Pope Gregory IX 1227-1241
Pope Celestine IV 1241
Balderic of Dol- Pope Urban II's Speech at Clermont- Internet History Sourcebooks
Pope Innocent IV 1243-1254
Pope Alexander IV 1254-1261
Pope Eugene III- Summons to a Crusade Internet History Sourcebooks
Pope Urban IV 1261-1264
Pope Clement IV 1265-1268
Pope Innocent III Reprimand of Peter, a Papal Legate Crusades-Encyclopedia
Pope Gregory X 1271-1276
Pope Innocent V 1276
Pope Adrian V 1276
Pope Innocent III Letters of Innocent III Concerning the Fourth Crusade and the Latin Empire of Constantinople Trans.by Graham Loud-Leeds Medieval History Texts in Translation
Pope John XXI 1276-1277
Pope Nicholas III 1277-1280
Pope Martin IV 1281-1285
Pope Honorius IV 1285-1287
Pope Nicholas IV 1288-1292
Pope Innocent III Summons to a Crusade, 1215 Internet History Sourcebooks
Pope Innocent IV Bull Deposing Frederick II 1245 EWTN Library
Council of Vienne 1311-1312: Includes Bulls of Clement V on the Knights Templars and Decrees of the Council.: EWTN Library
Pope Clement V Ad Providam, May 2, 1312 Templar History
Pope Clement V Vox in Excelso, March 22, 1312, Templar History