The Crusades

330.883 - 361.345 Nathan W. Bingham

He says what was going on in the minds of many people was an apocalyptic expectation. Say that three times fast. Apocalyptic expectation that the world was coming to an end, that the end of time would center in Jerusalem, and that it was time for Christendom to rally around the needs of Jerusalem and perhaps hasten the coming of Christ and the end of the world. I think that's very important.