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Byzantine Empire

Council of Clermont

Wednesday Nov 27, 1095
Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne (Present-Day in France)

On 27 November 1095, Pope Urban II called together the Council of Clermont, and urged all those present to take up arms under the sign of the Cross and launch an armed pilgrimage to recover Jerusalem and the East from the Muslims. The response in Western Europe was overwhelming.


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