retake the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks.
He asked them to form an army to try to take back the Holy Land from the Turks.
He called for a crusade to take back the Holy Land.
Urban wanted the Muslims driven from the Holy Land and possession returned to Christianity.
go to holy war
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Which Pope Urban? There are several.
Pope Urban II
1095Urban II called for the first Crusade in the year 1095 on November 27.
Pope Urban II (1088-1099) called for the Christians to defeat the Turks. This is known as the first crusade and the war for the liberation of the Holy Land.
Pope Urban II called for the crusade against the holy land.
In 1095
it was made in 1095
He called for the Crusades from Clermont, France.
The Holy Land was under the control of the Muslims and he wanted to return it to the Christians, so the Pope called for a crusade.
No, the Coptic Christians are an Orthodox religion and have their own patriarch who they call a pope. The Catholic pope was never a Coptic Christian.
Crusades
No, Pope Urban II called the council.