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Council of Clermont
In November 1095 Pope Urban II convened a church council at Clermont in France;…
Timeline
- 1095Clermont · AuvergnePope Urban II convened a church council at Clermont, gathering French bishops and nobles to address church discipline issues such as clerical marriage, simony, and private warfare, and to discuss the threats facing Eastern Christians.
- 1095Grounds outside Clermont · AuvergneAt the close of the council Urban II addressed a large crowd, calling for an armed pilgrimage east to recover Jerusalem and aid Byzantium. The attendees responded with 'Deus vult' (God wills it), and the idea of a crusade was thereby made public.
- 1095–1096Clermont · AuvergneThe council formally closed; crusade vows and mobilization orders spread through the episcopal network across France and the whole Latin Christian world, laying the organizational and public-opinion groundwork for the departure of the crusader hosts in 1096.
Sources
- Council of Clermont https://www.britannica.com/event/Council-of-Clermont
- The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading — Jonathan Riley-Smith (1986)