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Council of Clermont (1095)
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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.
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- Causes of the First Crusade (chapter 1 of Crusades)
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- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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