Crusader Warrior - 28 Canvas Print

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Crusader Warrior - 28

A crusader was a soldier, usually a knight, of Christian religion, participating in one of the Crusades: the name derives from the custom of carrying a cross sewn or painted on his clothes.

Between the ninth century and the beginning of the XI it is common in Europe, following the dissolving of the Carolingian imperial authority, the succession of clashes between the holders of the bannali seigniories, and the relative armies. Some bishops representing the Church, soon joined by aristocrats and soldiers, started a pacification movement through the truce Dei, first, trying to limit war and violence, then channeling it towards objectives external to the European context and functional to the needs of the Church itself. It was Pope Gregory VII who elaborated the concept of Miles sancti Petri, soldiers willing to challenge the sword in the service of the Church.

In the eleventh century the West went through a period of growth, while in the territo...

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