Council of Clermont
Clermont, FranceIn July 1095, Urban turned to his homeland of France to recruit men for the expedition. His travels there culminated in the ten-day Council of Clermont, where on Tuesday 27 November he gave an impassioned sermon to a large audience of French nobles and clergy. According to one version of the speech, the enthusiastic crowd responded with cries of Deus vult! ("God wills it!").