Pope Urban II

1035 – 1099

Launched the First Crusade with his 1095 Council of Clermont sermon, redirecting European military energy toward the Holy Land and reshaping relations betwee…

• c. 1035–1099

  Launched the First Crusade with his 1095 Council of Clermont sermon, redirecting European military energy toward the Holy Land and reshaping relations between Latin Christendom and the Islamic world

  Launched the First Crusade with his 1095 Council of Clermont sermon, redirecting European military energy toward the Holy Land and reshaping relations between Latin Christendom and the Islamic world.