YOU DECIDE SERIES: The Crusades, nearly two centuries of intermittent military campaigns, are among the most famous and contested events of medieval history. However, they raise a fundamental question that still divides historians today: Were the Crusades a noble struggle for the defense of Christendom and the Holy Land, or were they a form of colonial aggression masquerading as a religious duty?
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