Who proclaimed the First Crusade?

A. Alexios I Komnenos

B. Peter the Hermit

C. Pope Gregory VII

D. Pope Urban II

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”.