Pope Urban II — "What are you doing, sluggish race, if not to fight for Christ?"

"From the confines of Jerusalem and the city of Constantinople a horrible tale has gone forth and very frequently has been brought to our ears, namely, that a race from the kingdom of the Persians, an …"

"Enter upon the road to the Holy Sepulcher; wrest that land from the wicked race, and subject it to yourselves."

"Whatever Christians still remain in hiding there are sought out with unheard of tortures."

"And we do not command or advise that the old or feeble, or those unfit for bearing arms, undertake this journey; nor ought women to set out at all, without their husbands or brothers or legal guardian…"

"Let those who have been accustomed to make private war against the faithful carry on an approved war against the infidels."