Transcript Pope Urban II at Clermont

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Pope Urban II at Clermont
World History I
The Council of Clermont
 Took
place
November 1828, 1095 AD
 Attended by
300 Church
officials.
Subjects Urban Discussed
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Byzantine Emperor
Alexius asks for
military help against
the Seljuk Turks who
were about to invade
Constantinople.
Priestly marriage.
Excommunicating
King Phillip I of
France.
The Speech at Clermont
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Held in a large square
outside Clermont’s eastern
gate on November 27,
1095 AD.
Thousands of people
came to listen.
This is the speech that
ignited a holy war that
lasted almost 200 years!
Goal for today:
 To
find out the
reasons why
Pope Urban
wanted a
Crusade.
Pope Urban’s Possible Goals
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To drive the Seljuk Turks
out of Byzantine Empire.
To heal the schism between
Eastern and Western
Churches.
To “free” Jerusalem from
the Muslims and Jews.
To stop the endless fighting
in Europe between Lords by
sending their knights away
to fight for a common
cause.