Bb5a31f81ClaimPope Urban II launched the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont in November 1095AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe text and terms of the Treaty of Devol concluded between Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Bohemond of Taranto are recorded in Anna Komnene's AlexiadAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimByzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos ferried arriving Crusader forces across the Bosphorus to prevent large military concentrations outside the walls of ConstantinopleAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimByzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos halted his army's advance toward Antioch after Stephen of Blois reported that the Crusader army was facing destructionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Gesta Francorum, an early 12th-century Latin chronicle, portrayed Bohemond of Taranto as a heroic leader while presenting Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos as untrustworthyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimByzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos raised the prospect of church union when requesting military assistance from Pope Urban IIAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimByzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos defeated Bohemond of Taranto's invading army in the western Balkans and forced Bohemond to submit to the Treaty of DevolAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimByzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos required leaders of the First Crusade to swear formal oaths of fealty making them his liegemenAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimLeaders of the First Crusade swore solemn religious oaths promising to return any conquered formerly Byzantine territories to Emperor Alexios I KomnenosAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimPope Urban II assumed the papacy in 1088 while facing a rival antipope, Clement III, who was supported by the German emperor and controlled RomeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimStephen of Blois departed the Siege of Antioch and informed Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos at Philomelion that the Crusader army was on the verge of destructionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimNorman chronicler Orderic Vitalis recorded detailed information concerning affairs in Constantinople while writing in Normandy during the 1120sAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBohemond of Taranto refused to surrender Antioch to Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, asserting that the emperor had violated their agreement by failing to send reliefAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimPeter the Hermit led an early, disorganized contingent of peasants, women, and children toward Constantinople prior to the departure of the main Crusader armiesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Alexiad was composed in Greek by Anna Komnene during the late 1140s and early 1150sAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimByzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos melted down unused church silver to finance military operations against Norman invaders in the 1080sAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn the mid-1090s, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos sought military assistance from the Fatimid Caliphate in Cairo and the Rus cities of Kyiv and ChernigovAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimByzantine general Alexios Komnenos captured the defected Norman mercenary Roussel de Bailleul in AnatoliaAgreeDisagree