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folloitander</p>
paignagainsttheinfidelsby</p>
rderingallthejetheytbythehey</p>
gotasfarashungaryaheywereallkilled.</p>
thisexperien</p>
aloheholylandfree.anisationwas</p>
asnecessaryasgoodin</p>
trainingandequippinganarof200,000n.theywere</p>
pladerndofgodfreyofbouillon,robert,duke</p>
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intheyear1096thissendcrusadestarteduponitslong</p>
voyage.atnstantiheknightsdidhogetothe</p>
eeror.forasihavetoldyou,traditionsdiehard,and</p>
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thehaedanpopulation,andrchedtotheholy</p>
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gratitude.butsoourksrengthehearrival</p>
offreshtroops.theookjerusalendintu</p>
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durituries,sevenothercrusadestook</p>
place.graduallythecrusadersleaedtheteiqueofthe</p>
trip.thelandvoyageootediousandtoodangerous.</p>
theypreferredtocrossthealpsandgotogenoaorvenice</p>
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paytheprice,theseitalian``profiteerskindlyallo</p>
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allthis,hotleilingthequestion</p>
oftheholyland.afterthefirstenthusiasad</p>
epartoftheliberal</p>
educationofeveryan,andthere</p>
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buttheoldzealhecrusaders,who</p>
hadbeguntheirhdeephatredforthe</p>
haedansaloveforthechristianpeople</p>
oftheeasteroneireandarnia,suffered</p>
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