The kingdom of the Greeks is now dismembered by them and deprived of territory so vast in extent that it can not be traversed in a march of two months. On whom therefore is the labor of avenging these wrongs and of recovering this territory incumbent, if not upon you?
— Pope Urban II Medieval

Launched the First Crusade

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Highlighting the territorial losses of the Byzantine Empire to the Turks and appealing to the Franks to reclaim it. (Robert the Monk's account)

Date / Period

1095

Category

Controversial

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