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Faith and Fury: The First Crusade (1095–1099)
Call to Arms: Piacenza and Clermont, 1095 Clermont, France – November 27, 1095: A late autumn sun gleams off the golden cross atop the village church as a vast throng crowds into a field outside the city. Pope Urban II, clad in white and red robes, ascends a makeshift wooden platform. The murmuring of thousands…