MooseNSquirrel
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This is a complete misrepresentation of the history of the crusades, and sounds like something a Christian appologist would come up with.The first one was a mixture of taking back Jerusalem, and was sold as a holy war for sure. It looks to have been about gaining power though as there was a new ruler that wanted to expand.
You simply cannot ignore the context of history though. As I said, the Muslim caliphates had been expanding into Christian Europe for some time. They also clearly had a plan of world domination and so it was not like it would stop. So, they unified under their one and only thing which was religion and expanded themselves.
Now, its also not lost on me that you have shifted from saying this "Lol taking Jerusalem back from the Muslim was the entire purpose of the Crusades.", to trying to say that the Crusades were about religion. That is a huge shift and appears to be very disingenuous. You may not realize that you originally took that stance, but you did.
Also, saying that war was due to religion is both right and wrong depending what you mean. Everyone back then was a religious believer in some way. It was how those who ruled make sure to legitimize and consolidate their power. So, religion being into everything means that it can never be disassociated, but, at that point its just a tool for those whom controlled that tool.
Try any book written by a historian that covers the middle ages.