Medieval Sourcebook: Urban II Speech at Clermont, 1095 (Robert the Monk Version).
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Download or read book Medieval Sourcebook: Urban II Speech at Clermont, 1095 (Robert the Monk Version). written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Halsall presents the text of a speech made by Catholic Pope Urban II (1042-1099) as part of the Medieval Sourcebook. Urban II is credited with launching the first Crusade. In this speech the Pope urges the audience to aid the Greeks in recovering Palestine from the Muslims. The text of the speech is the version recounted by Robert the Monk 25 years after the speech was given.