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Pope Urban II gave a speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095 calling for Western Christians to aid the Byzantine Empire and recover the Holy Land from Muslim rule. He described the recent conquests of the Seljuk Turks across Asia Minor and appealed to the Christians to help their Eastern brethren. Urban offered those who died fighting the pagans immediate remission of their sins. He urged Christians to set aside their conflicts and instead direct their military skills against the infidels. This speech hel
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