Let those who have been accustomed unjustly to wage private warfare against the faithful now go against the infidels and end with victory this war which should have been begun long ago. Let those who for a long time, have been robbers, now become knights.
Launched the First Crusade
Part of his speech at the Council of Clermont, encouraging European knights to cease internal conflicts and direct their violence towards Muslims in the East. (Fulcher of Chartres' account)
1095
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"All who are going to go into battle should wear the sign of the cross on their garments."
Controversial"You should not be detained by any love of your ancestral soil, for this land which you inhabit is barren and stony."
Controversial"The Lord Himself will lead you."
Shocking"That land, as the Scripture says, 'floweth with milk and honey,' and Jerusalem is the navel of the world."
Controversial"Whoever shall set out on this journey out of devotion alone, and not for gain or honor, shall be absolved from all sin."
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