SherriMunnerlyn
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THE DARK HISTORY OF THE TEMPLARS
"Although the*crusaders*are commonly thought to have been motivated by their deep Christian faith, crusades were actually wars inspired by avarice. At a time of utmost poverty and misery prevalent in the West, the attractions of the East-in particular, the. Muslim societies' wealth and prosperity-played on the minds of Europeans, especially those in the Church.These attractions, bolstered with Christian teachings, begot the crusaders' mindset, seemly motivated by religion but actually motivated by worldly designs. This is the reason why*Christians, who had followed more or less peaceful policies in the previous 1,000 years, suddenly began to display an appetite for war-specifically, the "liberation" of the holy city of Jerusalem and Palestine as a whole."
THE DARK HISTORY OF THE TEMPLARS
"Although the*crusaders*are commonly thought to have been motivated by their deep Christian faith, crusades were actually wars inspired by avarice. At a time of utmost poverty and misery prevalent in the West, the attractions of the East-in particular, the. Muslim societies' wealth and prosperity-played on the minds of Europeans, especially those in the Church.These attractions, bolstered with Christian teachings, begot the crusaders' mindset, seemly motivated by religion but actually motivated by worldly designs. This is the reason why*Christians, who had followed more or less peaceful policies in the previous 1,000 years, suddenly began to display an appetite for war-specifically, the "liberation" of the holy city of Jerusalem and Palestine as a whole."
THE DARK HISTORY OF THE TEMPLARS