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What were the motivations for Pope Urban II s decision to call for the first crusade

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Pope Urban denigrated the Muslims, exaggerating stories of their anti-Christian acts, and promised absolution and remission of sins for all who died in the service of Christ. Pope Urban's war cry caught fire, mobilising clerics to drum up support throughout Europe for the crusade against the Muslims.

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