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Originally Posted by MitzaLizalor
Since the capture of Jerusalem and Rome's eventual splintering off from other sects occurred at approximately the same time
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This reminds me of a bit of suppressed history. You know how everyone is taught that Crusades were acts of aggression
(actually, Islam started the war, as they had been at war with the entire world since the very beginning). Also, the Crusaders are blamed for the sack of Constantinople. Actually, the sack of Constantinople was nothing but reparations for what the citizens of Constantinople had done to the Catholics.
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Originally Posted by wikipedia
The Massacre of the Latins...was a large-scale massacre of the Roman Catholic (called "Latin") inhabitants of Constantinople...by the Eastern Orthodox population of the city in April 1182.
...the bulk of the Latin community, estimated at 60,000...was wiped out...some 4,000 survivors were sold as slaves to the (Turkish) Sultanate...
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(Support reparations for slavery? So did the Crusaders.)
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would these knights be part of Romish catholicism or a separate band of heretics all their own?
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Depends on the time period, and whenever the puppetmaster strings where wrestled away from one demon to the other. Why does it matter?