Pope Urban II called for the crusade against the holy land.
Pope Urban II in the year 1095.
Pope Urban II called for the first crusade on Nov 27, 1095.
Pope Urban II launched the first crusade in 1095. The goal of the first crusade was to regain the land taken by Muslim conquest in the 7th century.
That would be a Crusade. The first crusade occurred in 1095 or so and there were crusades over the next 200 years.
Pope Urban II proclaimed the first crusade in 1095.
Late in the 11th Century, the Byzantine emperor in Constantinople appealed to the Roman Catholic Church for military aid against the Moslem Turks. The Church was willing to help in that the Turks threatened Greek Orthodox Christianity and because Muslims controlled Palestine and molested Christians in the Holy Land. Pope Urban II called for at the Council of Clermont in 1095 to declare a holy war to retake the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Pope Urban II launched the first crusade in 1095
From 1095 - 1099
1095Urban II called for the first Crusade in the year 1095 on November 27.
In April 1095, Pope Urban II was in Piacenza, Italy. From there, he issued the call for the First Crusade in November of that year.
Yes, the first crusade began in 1095 a.d.
The Council of Clermont initiated the First Crusade. Pope Urban II asked the attendees to reclaim the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from the Muslims.