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The speaking soul says he is the root of the plant overshadowing Christian lands so thoroughly that good fruit can scarcely rise from them.
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Christendom
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Key Notes
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Pope Urban II's 1095 appeal is interpreted as political opportunity: unite Christendom under Rome, reclaim Jerusalem, and redirect peasant religious energy against Muslims.
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"I'll tell you, not because I hope for solace from your world, but for such grace as shines in you before your deaths arrived...."
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"...remember, popes are politicians. He sees the opportunity here to unite Christendom under the authority of Rome, right? He sees the opportunity to reclaim..."
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"this speech, and it's important we do because this rhetoric, this philosophy, will underpin the relationship between Christians, Muslims, and Jews for most of..."
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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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