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I can cite for you the "Truce of God" and the "Peace of God," which are anything but "revisionist." And Lynn White is pretty respectable---hardly a cynical revisionist. The fact is, the common view was that the knights had gotten out of hand, and shipping a lot of them on a mission far away would bring peace to the land.

I can cite for you the "Truce of God" and the "Peace of God," which are anything but "revisionist." And Lynn White is pretty respectable---hardly a cynical revisionist.

I've never heard of Lynn White until your mention. I did some online searches for him, and it appears that he is cited on a variety of bizarre eco-Catholic websites and the odd "History from a Muslim point of view" site. While I can't rule him out as a "respectable" historian, I have my doubts. You'll have to do better than that to support your claim.

The fact is, the common view was that the knights had gotten out of hand, and shipping a lot of them on a mission far away would bring peace to the land.

Yeah, and my problem is that a lot of the "common views" I was taught in school turned out to be the anti-Catholic/pro-marxist view. Appeals to unknown authorities don't work on me anymore.