Pope Urban II — "You are called shepherds; see that you do not act as hirelings."

"Let the cross be your guide and your banner."

"Let those who have been accustomed unjustly to wage private warfare against the faithful now go against the infidels and end with victory this war which should have been begun long ago."

"They destroy the altars, after having defiled them with their uncleanness. They circumcise the Christians, and the blood of the circumcision they either spread upon the altars or pour into the vases o…"

"For the land which you inhabit, shut in on all sides by the seas and surrounded by the mountain peaks, is too narrow for your large population."

"Take the road to the Holy Sepulchre and wrench the land from that wicked race."