The Crusade Message of the Pope

As soon as he was done, many knights who were observing the council stood up and declared, de s volt, god wills it. Was this entirely spontaneous? Ah, it's also very possible that the pope had strategically put out the word to certain knights and nobles that he knew would be sp i that they should stand up and chant deos vult when his speech was over. So it certainly may have been pre planned and staged. But none the less, it immediately caused tremendous enthusiasm.