Urban II
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noun
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Pope Urban II was a supporter of church reform, and that put him at odds with German emperors like Henry IV, who insisted on his own right to appoint bishops, even the bishop of Rome.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
He was expecting a mercenary force, but instead Pope Urban II framed the conflict between Byzantine and Seljuk as a fight between religions, culminating in the crusading movement.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
A few years later, Pope Urban II — the one who would preach the First Crusade — formally enshrined the relics of the saint.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2018
At the Council of Clermont, in 1095, Pope Urban II addressed a crowd of prelates, knights, and nobles—the leaders of the Latin West.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2017
Beginning with Pope Urban II, the church leadership and the European monarchies sought to bring Christianity as far East as possible and to take over Muslim-controlled trade routes in the process.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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