Urban sent soldiers to the Holy Land to try to take it back from the Muslim invaders.
Pope Urban II called for the crusade against the holy land.
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Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in the year 1095.
The Crusades.
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Pope Urban II in the year 1095.
Pope Urban II asked Christians to take up arms and join the Crusades to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
Pope Urban II called for a crusade in 1095 to reclaim Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control, as well as to unite Christians in a holy war and to increase the power and influence of the Catholic Church.
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.
The Pope wanted the crusaders to drive the Muslims out of the Holy Land and return control to Christians.
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.
Pope Urban II asked Christians to join the Crusades and reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control during his speech at the Council of Clermont.