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the G-man said:
In fact, others postulate that the violent side of Christianity, ie, the crusades was a direct defensive response to a threat posed by violent Islamic expansionism across that section of the globe.



From the old midieval documents I read in history class it looked like the knights were sent of crusades to get them out of Europe. They were uncontrolable thugs. With the vikings no longer attacking, the knights began to terrorize other kingdoms. The crusades, from my understanding/interpretation were to ship off the bad boys once they were unwanted dangers to society.

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