"I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to pers?e all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile race from the lands of our friends. I say this to those who are present, it is meant also for those who are absent. Moreover, Christ commands it." - Pope Urban II, 1095When a crusader army of Western European Franks...