Crusades

The military expeditions preached in the west after 1095 to provide aid for eastern Christians were originally called “Pilgrimages”. The term ”crusade” became established out of the habit of sewing cloth crosses to the military pilgrim’s clothing-such men were crossed” (‘Croisé’ in French)

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