Image: Saint Urbain II prêchant la croisade

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Description: Pope Urban II preaching the First Crusade in the presence of Philip I before the assembly. An illustration from the Grand Chronicle of France, illuminated by Jean Fouquet, Tours, c. 1455-1460 Paris. Now in Department of Manuscripts, Paris, ID 6465, fol. 174 (Book of Philip I). Pope Urban II preaching the Crusade: 27 November 1095, at Clermont-Ferrand, before the council. Death of William II Rufus (in background to the right): William II Rufus, king of England, dead, killed by an arrow during a hunt in 1100.
Title: Saint Urbain II prêchant la croisade
Credit: http://expositions.bnf.fr/fouquet/grand/f021.htm
Author: Jean Fouquet
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