When Alexius I Komnenoi implored the pope (Urban II) for help, he meant it to reconquer the lost Byzantine lands (and therefore return in to their de facto ruler, a.k.a., the Byzantines). Urban however, decided to merely use that as a façade in order to then invade the Muslims, and retake the holy land.
He also saw the wanted to unite Christianity as a whole (All the sects at the time, Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Paulicianism, Iconoclasts, etc. into a single conglomerate, fighting a common enemy.)
b ) The ships were at the mercy of the weather
The journey from Africa to the West Indies or North America Usually took about two months. However, the journey would take longer due to vagaries of bad weather that made navigation challenging
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The three qualities were simplicity,brevity and rationality.
He borrowed much of his ideals from classical writers of the roman Republic. he believed that the words of truth are simple.
