[Hebrews 11:6]

Paul Johnson, in A History of Christianity, would suggest there's more to the story than you indicate.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Obviously I didn't give the whole story, that would take a PhD and about 400 pages. No one wants to read what I have to read for that long. And of course, there were other motivations for the Crusaders, there always are. Many of them were not their for the Crusade, but for purely mercenary reasons. I am not familiar with Mr. Johnson, what else would he contend motivated the Crusades?

[conservonator]

What makes Dr. or Mr. Johnson's take on the Crusades more accurate than that of the threads subject?