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The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15

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Published on May 3, 2012

In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right. John covers the First through the Fourth Crusades, telling you which were successful, which were well-intentioned yet ultimately destructive, and which were just plain crazy. Before you ask, no, he doesn't cover the Children's Crusade, in which children were provoked to gather for a Crusade, and then promptly sold into slavery by the organizers of said Crusade. While this story is charming, it turns out to be complete and utter hooey.


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  • monothebyzantum343

    that law won't pass because you are a moron

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  • Emma Manos

    An important part of learning about world history is to learn how to compare continuities and changes over time. If you consider "education" to be learning only what one organization believes...hmm.

    Yes, most educational institutions WERE connected to the Church. However, the Church was incredibly suppressive of anything that challenged their authority. Any intellectuals, scientists, or artists that wrote or created anything that didn't perfectly comply with Catholicism put themselves in danger.

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  • Dio Rex

    Many mongols were Muslims and Cannibals.

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  • MsBubbabong

    Yes, because being a Christian who was slaughtered for the Islamic empire to be established would have been tremendous amount of fun too.

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    They just ignore all that.

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  • SerbUkraine

    Is this true that the Latins encouraged cannibalism in the First Crusade?

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