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Turning point · The Crusades, 1095–1291
The Council of Clermont
27 Nov 1095 — Pope Urban II calls on Western knights to aid Eastern Christians and free Jerusalem, offering remission of sins. “God wills it,” the crowd answers. No one present imagines what they have started.
This is one scene of Chapter 1 — Three Civilizations, One Sea in The Crusades, 1095–1291.
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