# Council of Clermont — WHE Definition Discussion

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**Created:** [October 22, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/council-of-clermont-whe-definition-discussion/6527 "2018-10-22T16:02:16Z")\
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The Council of Clermont in central France was held in November 1095 and witnessed Pope Urban II's (r. 1088-1099) historic call for the First Crusade (1095-1102) to capture Jerusalem for Christendom from its Muslim occupiers. The Pope's speech to the church hierarchy and crowd of laymen at Clermont famously promised all participants a remission of their sins.

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