19h 51min, nov 14, 1095 y - Pope Urban II's motives
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Relationship with Alexios had improved - help a fellow Christian out? Increase Urban's ifluence over the Eastern church, expanding the Latin church's power. He wanted Jerusalem under Christian control. Also wanted to direct the violence in the Latin West towards a common enemy.
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