Urban II
Americannoun
noun
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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
Urban II presented his idea of religious war in response to the Byzantine request for aid at a council in Clermont, France, in 1095.
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
In 1095 Pope Urban II rallied the Christians of western Europe to set out on a great mission to take back those sacred lands.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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