The Council was held at the end of Pope Urban II's tour of Italy
and France, which he made to reassert his authority after the
investiture controversy with the Holy Roman Empire. Two hundred
bishops attended, as well as 4000 other church officials, and
30,000 laymen; there were so many people that the council had to
be held outside of the city. The massive number of attendees
reflects the increased authority of the church in the wake of
Pope Gregory VII. Among the lay attendees were Bertha, countess
of Maurine, the wife of emperor Henry IV, who came to complain
about her husband's affairs. Also in attendance were ambassadors
from Philip I of France, who came to appeal Philip's recent
excommunication over his illegal divorce and remarriage to
Bertrade de Montfort: Philip was given until Pentecost to
rectify his situation. The rest of the business of the council
expressed fairly typical church concerns: there were at least 15
canons published during the council, including a condemnation of
the Berengerian heres