Satan working through the Catholic church encouraged the torture and persecution of many faithful Christians especially those who refused to give up the keeping of the seventh day sabbath in favor of Sunday, refusing to bow to the Pope as having holy authority ,refusing to embrace idol worship etc. Many of these faithful Christians sang hymns as they where burned at the stake and tortured.
The Crusades for starters. The Crusades were a religious was between the Christians and the Muslims...with the Jews caught in the middle.
any of the holy crusades
Almost every war has multiple causes. Even things that are typically seen as religious wars, such as the Crusades, also have non-religious elements. (In the case of the Crusades, there was the political need to protect Byzantine Constantinople from the expansion and conquest of the Turkish Empires.) So, no. There are no wars based exclusively on religion, but religion figures quite heavily in most wars in the Middle East.
The cross is a symbol of Christianity. Knights did not always fight on behalf of the Christian religion, but during the Crusades they did. MORE Only Knights Templar wore the cross. Others did not. The Templar begs in as an arm of the church in the Crusades.
the people who benefited from the crusades were europeans
The Crusades for starters. The Crusades were a religious was between the Christians and the Muslims...with the Jews caught in the middle.
It was a land war, not a war about religion.
the crusades were a series of religion driven military campaings. go to the related links box below for the whole article.
because their religion promised that if they died fighting crusades then they would get entry into heaven
Christianity, Roman Catholic and Orthodox, and Islam
Spread of RELIGION and many other ideas :)
any of the holy crusades
Because their religion made them do unnecessary things. BY: LANDEN MANUEL
Christianity, which they spread to the Near East during the Crusades.
the holy land, Turks and Christians,for religion,money and power.
People were persuaded to go to the Crusades through the use of religion and rewards in the after-life. It was believed that a warrior in the Crusades would be greatly rewarded in his afterlife. Participation in the Crusades became a badge of honor.
As long as there has been religion, people have used it to manipulate others.