HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Crusades

Paper · Semantic Scholar

All major religions claim to call for peace in their messages and to actively contribute to peace in times of conflict. However, it must be noted that the scriptures of all religions also contain texts that can be interpreted as calls to violence. The question arises whether in conflicts such as the Balkan Wars, the Northern Ireland conflicts, Israel/Palestine, or even the Crusades, belonging to a religious communit…

Reference · Wikidata

mass military expeditions and wars initiated by the Catholic Church in the High Middle Ages