Editing Pope Urban II (section)

=== Spain ===
Urban was involved in Iberia from the very beginning of his time as pontiff. Of his involvements in Iberia there were two main engagements, namely the:
*  Elevation of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|See of Toledo]] to the status of [[Primacy of the Spains#Primacy of Toledo|Primate over all Hispania]] in 1088<ref>{{cite book |last1=Migne |first1=Jaques-Paul |title=Patrologia cursus completus: Series Latina |page=Columns 7 and 8 |edition=Volume 151}}.</ref>
* Granting of an indulgence to Catalan nobles to "endeavor with all your [the Catalan nobles'] help to restore the state of the city of Tarragona."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Migne |first1=Jaques-Paul |title=Patrologia cursus completus: Series Latina |page=Column 20 |edition=Volume 151}}.</ref>

Urban here gave support to the [[Reconquista|crusades in Spain]] against the [[Moors]] there. According to Chevedden, Urban was concerned that the focus on the east and Jerusalem would neglect the fight in Spain. He saw the fight in the east and in Spain as part of the same crusade so he would offer the same remission of sin for those that fought in Spain and discouraged those that wished to travel east from Spain.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chevedden |first=Paul E. |date=2011 |title=The View of the Crusades from Rome and Damascus: The Geo-Strategic and Historical Perspectives of Pope Urban II and ʿAlī ibn Ṭāhir al-Sulamī |journal=Oriens |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=270–271 |doi=10.1163/187783711X588132 |jstor=23072750}}.</ref> A similar line is taken by Erdmann, who views the conflict in Iberia as being premeditated by the [[Mahdia campaign of 1087]] conducted by Pope Victor III<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erdmann |first1=Carl |title=The Origin of the Idea of Crusade |date=1977 |publisher=[[Princeton University]] |page=293}}.</ref> due to the granting of an indulgence.<ref name="MGH">{{cite journal |journal=Monumenta Germaniae Historica |volume=Scriptores |page=7.751 |url=https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_ss_7/index.htm#page/751/mode/1up |title=Auctores antiquissimi}}.</ref> This campaign, Erdmann argues, was considered a success because of the elevation of the see of Pisa in 1092 in which Urban acknowledges the recent "triumph" of the Pisans over Saracen forces.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Migne |first1=Jacques Paul |title=Patrologia cursus completus: Series Latina |page=Column 63 |edition=Volume 151}}.</ref>