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The knights (former soldiers) didn't have much else to do at the time, and so were running amok destroying people's property, ravishing women, and stealing from peasants. The Church organized the Crusades as a way to give them purpose again and promote more Godly behavior.

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Many people felt the need to go to the crusades because the pope of the church said that if the fought in them, they would be admitted to Heaven when they died. The people, having no secure spiritual reliance, were desperate to know that they could go to Heaven, but of course, war could not give them any more security than they currently had.

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