Pope Urban II Calls the First Crusade: Deus Vult
Pope Urban II's call mobilized knights and peasants from across Western Europe to march on Jerusalem, where they captured the city in July 1099 after a brutal massacre of its inhabitants. This violent expedition established four Crusader states and reopened international trade routes between East and West that had been closed since the fall of the Roman Empire.
November 27, 1095
931 years ago
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