Talk:Pope Urban II

message: I'm working on the Champagne (province) article and I came across this creative commons photo of a statue in tribute to the fame Champenois Urban II . I don't know if the editors of this article have a use for this, but feel free if you want to use it. Agne 08:59, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creative Commons image 

message: I am studying the beginning of the crusades, primarily whether Pope Urban II had another motive than genuine relgion when calling it. I have read many theories such as Urban's desire for extra wealth for the Papacy through opening up trade routes to Eastern Europe and of course loot. Other ideas are that Urban wished to assert his authority over Orthodox Christianity prompting Alexius I of Byzantium to accept him as head of all Christianity thus healing the Great Schism of 40 years previously.
Could anyone offer any historians views on this subjects or websites, books etc, that could be helpful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.78.94.2 (talk) 13:50, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUE!!!!!!"   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.135.192 (talk) 00:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What a wonderful refutation. Perhaps the anonymous contradiction could actually come up with some kind of argument, or are they simply happy to tacitly accuse me of lying? 82.108.42.66 (talk) 12:28, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urban's real motives for instigating the crusade? 

message: From this link Foundation for Medieval Genealogy on Seigneurs de Châtillon identified Pope Urban II as being born as Eudes de Châtillon, the fourth son of Milon the Seigneur de Châtillon and an unknown wife. This is a noteworthy origin, although it could be substantiated by other sources from the Vatican Archives? Sundehul 03:01, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible family origin identifying Pope Urban II born as Eudes de Châtillon, son of the Seigneur of Châtillon? 

message: Yeah, I'm not Catholic, so I don't really know the procedure and all, but I feel that 'Blessed' is, like, a title, you know? Like 'Saint' or 'Friar' or 'Dr,' so I'm putting it in. IF, however, Blessed is NOT the same, and/or I'm way off, please let me know. Thanks! Masternachos (talk) 23:47, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blessed 

message: he wrote in Oct. 1096 a Letter to Vallembrosa - what or where is Vallembrosa? Thanks a lof if soon reply. -- Hartmann Schedel  Prost  18:08, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: thank you Arg noodles -- Hartmann Schedel cheers 11:29, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vallembrosa 

message: Is it to be called lay investiture if it is with papal permission? I'm not sure. 24.191.87.42 (talk) 03:12, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Urban and Sicily

message: The imposition of slavery on the wives of priests is surely one of the two most notable aspects of Urban II's history. I am disappointed that this has no more mention than "renewed declarations against ..., clerical marriages...".
I have encountered passing references to several canon(?) regarding this and supposed 'enforcement' by the Benedictine order under the direction of Urban II and looked to Wikipedia for unbiased details, but without success. It is mentioned briefly on Wikipedia page "Catholic Church and slavery", seeming to justify it 'legally', but with no details. Googling this subject yields many hits, but most or all seem to be highly biased sources. The Catholic Encyclopedia reads like a legal document and yields no light on what actually occurred. Could this page be improved in this area?
This is my first comment/edit on Wikipedia, so please bear with me if my approach varies from the norm. Thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.7.127.230 (talk) 21:38, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  imposition of slavery on the wives of priests 

message: I am removing, "He was native to France and was descended from a noble family of Châtillon-sur-Marne, near Soissons.", which has been copied from Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia edited by Christopher Kleinhenz, page 1112 and Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia edited by Richard K. Emmerson, page 641. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:41, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That is simply not enough text to violate any copyright. Elizium23 (talk) 22:27, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism by Rolandi+ 

message: Under the first crusades section though I do like that all the versions of Pope Urban's speech to arms are included which allows this article to stat neutral I do believe that in that section it should have hit on other ways he was involved in the crusades. Possibly answering whether or not he was part of decision making on where and when to attack or was? Or was he just the face of the campaign? If so who were the tacticians behind the crusades?Kenneth Cornwell (talk) 17:57, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Evaluation