All of the following were reasons for the start of the first crusade in 1096 except : •popes hoped to promote christian unity between catholics and byzantines
•to destory the byzantine empire so that roman Catholicism would be supreme in Eastern Europe
• to regain control of the holy land from the seljuk turks
• to divert bickering and violent nobles and knights away from catholic riches in europe by sending them to fight in foreign