Fulko from Neuilly

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Fulk von Neuilly († May 2, 1202 ) was a French crusade preacher.

After an eventful youth, he appeared as a preacher, denouncing the usury of credit, castigating the arrogance of the nobility, and helping prostitutes to buy themselves out. He soon achieved great fame for his piety, but above all for his eloquence.

In 1191 he became a pastor in Neuilly-sur-Marne and received his theological training from Pierre le Chantre in Paris. In 1198 he founded the Cistercian Abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs in Paris .

In the same year Pope Innocent III called. to the Fourth Crusade , but met with little enthusiasm among the French nobility.

“In France, the Pope's main preaching tool was the wandering Fulk de Neuilly, who had long endeavored to start a crusade. He was widely famous for his fearlessness in the presence of princes, such as when he ordered King Richard to let go of his pride and greed and sensual appetites. At the behest of the Pope, he wandered around the country and persuaded the peasant people to follow their landlords into the holy war. "

“In November 1199, Count Theobald III invited . from Champagne his friends and neighbors to a tournament at his castle Écry on the Aisne . When the lancing was over, the conversation between the gentlemen turned to the need for another crusade. It was one thing that was very dear to the Count's heart; for he was the nephew of Richard the Lionheart and Philip Augustus and brother of Count Heinrich , who had ruled in Palestine. At his suggestion, an itinerant preacher named Fulk von Neuilly was called in to address the guests. Fired by his eloquence, the whole company swore to take the cross; and a messenger was sent to communicate the pious resolution to the Pope. "

Fulk died before the crusade was diverted to Constantinople . His contemporaries accused him of embezzling part of the money raised for the crusade.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Both quotations from: Steven Runciman , History of the Crusades, Book 12, Chapter 1

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SURNAME Fulko from Neuilly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French crusade preacher
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1202
Place of death Neuilly-sur-Marne