Deus vult

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Deus vult (Latin, God wills it) was the cry of the people at the declaration of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095[1]. The phrase appears variously as deus vult, dieu le veut, deus lo volt, etc.

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  1. ^ Morwood, J: "A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases", page 46. Oxford University Press, 1998
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