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To: LS

Pope Urban sought to unite Europes rulers in the name of religion. Rulers sought their own political/economic opportunities that would come with Islams defeat.


25 posted on 05/27/2005 10:17:17 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: dznutz

Yes, he sought that too, but his motives were certainly not entirely "holy" or wholesome, and many of them were misguided (i.e., overpopulation).


36 posted on 05/28/2005 5:56:21 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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