jan 1, 1099 - 1st Crusade
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establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Christianity becomes militant.
in 1130, St Bernard of Clairvaux will write in his "In Praise of the New Knighthood":
"The knight of Christ, I say, may strike with confidence and die yet more confidently, for he serves Christ when he strikes ... The Christian glories in the death of the pagan, because Christ is glorified"
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Frühneuzeit
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