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To: Boogieman

I don’t think the Catholic Church annexed any land in the Holy Land during the Crusades, unless perhaps some church buildings. The Crusader states were feudal entities set up by “Franks” from Western Europe...secular rulers.


21 posted on 07/02/2020 12:05:33 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Sure, the Franks set themselves up as rulers, backed by the Papal-controlled military orders, and at the direction of Papal encyclicals.


22 posted on 07/02/2020 12:22:21 PM PDT by Boogieman
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