Pope Urban II Appoints the First Crusade's Military Leader
A bishop and a count. That's who Pope Urban II trusted to command one of history's most audacious military campaigns. Adhemar of Le Puy wasn't a general — he was a churchman, chosen first, chosen deliberately. Raymond IV brought wealth and soldiers but answered to a cleric. The crowd at Clermont had just roared "Deus vult" — God wills it. And yet the man Urban picked to lead them carried a crozier, not a sword. Adhemar died in Antioch before Jerusalem fell. But his appointment reveals the Crusade's true purpose: this was never just a war.
November 28, 1095
931 years ago
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