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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dougmeister, post: 2572598, member: 56842&quot;]Without getting into the political correctness&nbsp; (or lack thereof) of the Crusades...</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that the Crusades started in the early 11th century and continues, on and off, for several hundred years.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) What historical figures or battles are most well-known in popular culture? I&#039;m thinking:</p><p><br /></p><p>a) Pope Urban’s plea in November 1095, at the Council of Clermont in southern France, that called on Western Christians to take up arms in order to aid the Byzantines and recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control</p><p><br /></p><p>b) King Richard I of England (&quot;Richard the Lionheart&quot; of &quot;Robin Hood&quot; fame)</p><p><br /></p><p>2) What coins would be most affordable to be representative of the Crusades? Would it be coins that the soldiers carried? Would it be coins depicting kings of the period? Scenes of battles?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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