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Why Are There Four Different Accounts of the Clermont Speech? - The Transformation of the First Crusade | Sleepy Facts About History
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In November 1095, Pope Urban II delivered a speech in a field outside the French town of Clermont that supposedly launched the First Crusade. Thousands of people heard his appeal, sewed cloth crosses onto their clothing, and pledged to march thousands of miles to Jerusalem. Yet, despite the massive historical impact of this moment, no one wrote down what Urban actually said while he was speaking. The famous accounts we rely on today were written years later by men who knew the crusade had…
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