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Fantasy Mini Crusader Sword 23 inches overall |
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Fantasy Swords For Everyone And Everything! You Could Own Your Own Very Authentic Movie Replica Sword Today!For ALowww Price! |
Fantasy Mini Crusader Sword 23 inches overallMaybe on your next visit to the supermarket you should arm your self with some imagination and an edge. Blades that any aspiring knight errant of the corner store or strip mall barbarian should have first on their shopping list are featured here. All of these swords are highly detailed and make very impressived is play pieces. 23" in Length The year was 1095 CE, William the Conqueror had united England under one crown 30 years earlier.* The French had been dividing properties amongst their sons for generations, causing bloodshed between brothers over small pieces of real estate. In reaction, Pope Urban II expanded "The Truce of God", which outlawed fighting from Sunday to Wednesday, and banned fighting involving priests, monks, women, laborers and merchants on any day of the week. Italy was a collection of city-states, constantly being overrun by invading hordes, the latest of which were the Normans, who had just started to become "civilized". There was also the Byzantine empire, ruling from Constantinople, whose emperor at this time was Alexius Comnenus. To his East, the Turks were rapidly encroaching on his empire, and had begun attacking pilgrims on their way to - and in - Jerusalem, causing him great distress. He wrote to his friend Robert, the Count of Flanders, in 1093, telling him about supposed atrocities committed by the Turks on the Christian pilgrims, and Robert passed this letter on to Pope Urban II. Urban, an opportunist, saw this as a perfect way to solve some of his local problems. He personally promoted a Holy Crusade to reclaim the Holy Lands from the barbarian Turks. Thus, the First Crusade was launched in 1096 CE.
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