The Crusades were honestly one of the most insane periods in medieval history. Imagine being some random European in the 11th century and hearing that the Byzantine Empire was losing territory in the east and that Jerusalem, the holiest city in Christianity, was under Muslim rule. Then Pope Urban II basically calls on Christians across Europe to travel thousands of miles to the Holy Land. And somehow, they actually did it. That’s what makes the First Crusade especially crazy. These weren’t armie
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The Crusades were honestly one of the most insane periods in medieval history. Imagine being some random European in the 11th century and hearing that the Byzantine Empire was losing territory in the east and that Jerusalem, the holiest city in Christianity, was under Muslim rule. Then Pope Urban II basically calls on Christians across Europe to travel thousands of miles to the Holy Land. And somehow, they actually did it. That’s what makes the First Crusade especially crazy. These weren’t armie
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