the crusades

The Crusades
The crusades are a dark and terrible time for the Catholic and Islam religions. Both saw the crusades as a type of holy wars, both were fighting for their God. There is much information on this topic maybe too much. I had to narrow it down quite a bit. The best source that could be found and that was the most help full was God of Battles by Peter Partner. Most of the research I did was in this book. The crusades where a type of holy wars. Holy wars have been fought for centuries going as far back as the Egyptians and David. The Egyptian pharaoh Amunhotep III inspired his army to fight because the...