Council of Piacenza
March 1, 1095
Pope Urban II convened a great council at Piacenza attended by Byzantine envoys from Alexios I, who appealed for Western military assistance against the Turks. Urban used the moment to plan a major Western expedition. The idea of an armed pilgrimage to the East was being quietly prepared in his mind.
In context
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.