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.

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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 First Crusade
surface form: 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 Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
respondedTo appeal of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
significantPerson Adhemar of Le Puy
Pope Urban II
Raymond IV of Toulouse
tookPlaceIn Auvergne
Clermont
Clermont-Ferrand
Kingdom of France

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Subject: Council of Clermont
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Crusade hasCause Council of Clermont
First Crusade inception Council of Clermont
Pope Urban II knownFor Council of Clermont
this entity surface form: Council of Clermont sermon
Pope Urban II event Council of Clermont
Pope Urban II dateOfEvent Council of Clermont
this entity surface form: Council of Clermont 1095
Pope Urban II notableWork Council of Clermont
this entity surface form: crusading decrees of the Council of Clermont
Crusades keySpeech Council of Clermont
People's Crusade precededBy Council of Clermont
Gesta Francorum describesEvent Council of Clermont
chronicles of Fulcher of Chartres coversEvent Council of Clermont
subject surface form: Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres
Odo of Châtillon knownFor Council of Clermont
Odo of Lagery notableFor Council of Clermont
Council of Guastalla (1106) follows Council of Clermont
Council of Piacenza followedBy Council of Clermont