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Urban II. accordingly, when holding a council at Clermont, in Auvergne, permitted Peter to describe in glowing words the miseries of pilgrims and the profanation of the holy places. URBAN THE SECOND ACCORDINGLY WHEN HOLDING A COUNCIL AT CLEREMONT IN AUVAGN PERMITTED PETER TO DESCRIBE IN GLOWING WORDS THE MISERIES OF PILGRIMS AND THE PROFANATION OF THE HOLY PLACES
, William, Duke of Normandy, obtained the kingdom of England, and thus became far more powerful than his suzerain, the King of France, a weak man of vicious habits, who lay for many years of his life under sentence of excommunication for an adulterous marriage with Bertrade de Montfort, Countess of Anjou. The power of the king and of the law was probably at the very lowest ebb during the time of Philip I., though minds and manners were less debased than in the former century. 5. The First Crusade (1095--1100).--Pilgrimage to the Holy Land had now become one great means by which the men of the West sought pardon for their sins. Jerusalem had long been held by the Arabs, who had treated the pilgrims well; but these had been conquered by a fierce Turcoman tribe, who robbed and oppressed the pilgrims. Peter the Hermit, returning from a pilgrimage, persuaded Pope Urban II. that it would be well to stir up Christendom to drive back the Moslem power, and deliver Jerusalem and the holy places. E OF NORMANDY OBTAINED THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND AND THUS BECAME FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN HIS SUZERIN THE KING OF FRANCE A WEAK MAN OF VICIOUS HABITS WHO LAY FOR MANY YEARS OF HIS LIFE UNDER SENTENCE OF EXCOMMUNICATION FOR AN ADULTEROUS MARRIAGE WITH BERTHARD DE MONFER COUNTESS OF ANJOU THE POWER OF THE KING AND OF THE LAW WAS PROBABLY AT THE VERY LOWEST EBB DURING THE TIME OF PHILIP THE FIRST THOUGH MINDS AND MANNERS WERE LESS DEBASED THAN IN THE FORMER CENTURY FIVE THE FIRST CRUSADE TEN NINETY FIVE TO ELEVEN HUNDRED PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND HAD NOW BECOME ONE GREAT MEANS BY WHICH THE MEN OF THE WEST SOUGHT PARDON FOR THEIR SINS JERUSALEM HAD LONG BEEN HELD BY THE ARABS WHO HAD TREATED THE PILGRIMS WELL BUT THESE HAD BEEN CONQUERED BY A FIERCE TURCOMAN TRIBE WHO ROBBED AND OPPRESSED THE PILGRIMS PETER THE HERMIT RETURNING FROM A PILGRIMAGE PERSUADED POPE URBAN THE SECOND THAT IT WOULD BE WELL TO STIR UP CHRISTENDOM TO DRIVE BACK THE MOSLEM POWER AND DELIVER JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY PLACES
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