Rhetorical Analysis Of Call Of The First Crusade

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In the ninth century, the Holy Land, now known at the Middle East or historical Palestine, went through a major shift in culture. For many centuries, the majority of the Palestinian population had been people of the Jewish and Christian faiths, however, now the majority of this population were of the Islamic faith and the area was being ruled under Muslim leadership. In 1095, Pope Urban II spoke at a council meeting in Clermont, France where he called the Franks to take this land back. He told the Franks that it was the will of God for them to stop in-fighting and go to war. This was the call of the First Crusade, a series of battles between Catholics and Muslims over the Holy Land.
Throughout this speech, Urban was well aware of his audience

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