The New International Encyclopædia/Deus Vult
DEUS VULT (God wills it). The rallying cry of the First Crusade, originating in the exclamation of the multitude after the completion of Pope Urban II.'s address at the Council of Clermont, 1095.
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DEUS VULT (God wills it). The rallying cry of the First Crusade, originating in the exclamation of the multitude after the completion of Pope Urban II.'s address at the Council of Clermont, 1095.