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Bernard preaches the cross
31 Mar 1146 — at Vézelay, Bernard of Clairvaux summons the Second Crusade before King Louis VII and a vast crowd. Two royal armies will march east; almost none of their men will come home.
This is one scene of Chapter 5 — Zengi, Nur al-Din, and the Second Crusade in The Crusades, 1095–1291.
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