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Middle Ages 5: The Crusades -- Why Did They Happen?

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Why the Pope Called for a Crusade of Jerusalem?

Pilgrimage was so important in the fabric of european civilization. jerusalem was the most important, ad most holy, pilgrimage site. apocalypticism was a factor as well. Many people were disappointed that the second coming didn't arrive.

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