Council of Clermont

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The Council of Clermont was a 1095 ecclesiastical assembly where Pope Urban II delivered the sermon that launched the First Crusade, calling Western Christians to military expedition in the Holy Land.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic Church council
church council
ecclesiastical council
aimedAt assistance to Byzantine Empire
recovery of Jerusalem
attendedBy abbots
bishops
clergy
lay knights
nobles
chronologicallyFollows Council of Piacenza
convokedBy Pope Urban II
country France
defined spiritual privileges for crusaders
granted indulgence for participants in the crusade
hasEffect call for military expedition to the Holy Land
increased papal influence over secular rulers
launch of the First Crusade
mobilization of Western European knights
hasEndTime 1095-11-28
hasLegacy development of crusading indulgence doctrine
ideological model for later crusades
hasMainSubject First Crusade
hasStartTime 1095-11-18
hasTheme defense of Eastern Christians
holy war
pilgrimage to the Holy Land
hasTime 1095
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
locationOfEvent proclamation of the First Crusade
sermon of Pope Urban II
mainWork sermon of Pope Urban II calling for crusade
organizedBy Papacy
partOf history of the Catholic Church
history of the Crusades
pointInTime late 11th century
presidedBy Pope Urban II
religion Catholicism
respondedTo appeal of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
significantPerson Adhemar of Le Puy
Pope Urban II
Raymond IV of Toulouse
tookPlaceIn Auvergne NERFINISHED
Clermont
Clermont-Ferrand NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres
coversEvent
Pope Urban II ("Council of Clermont 1095")
dateOfEvent
Gesta Francorum
describesEvent
Pope Urban II
event
First Crusade
hasCause
First Crusade
inception
Crusades
keySpeech
Pope Urban II ("Council of Clermont sermon")
knownFor
Pope Urban II ("crusading decrees of the Council of Clermont")
notableWork
People's Crusade
precededBy

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