The Crusades

734.219 - 765.349 Nathan W. Bingham

It doesn't seem primarily to have been getting even with the Muslims for having attacked Europe, although as late as 841, St. Peter's in Rome had been sacked by Muslims. who had invaded from North Africa up through Sicily into Italy. So the Muslim presence had been real, but after all, 841 was hundreds of years earlier. It's not primarily revenge. It's this ideal of doing something for Christ.