Pope Urban II — "The kingdom of the Greeks is now dismembered by them and deprived of territory s…"

The kingdom of the Greeks is now dismembered by them and deprived of territory so vast in extent that it can not be traversed in a march of two months. On whom therefore is the labor of avenging these wrongs and of recovering this territory incumbent, if not upon you?
Pope Urban II — Pope Urban II Medieval · Launched the First Crusade

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Highlighting the territorial losses of the Byzantine Empire to the Turks and appealing to the Franks to reclaim it. (Robert the Monk's account)

Date: 1095

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