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To what extent did the ideals of crusading in the fourteenth century differ from the previous centuries?
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To what extent did the ideals of crusading in the fourteenth century differ from the previous centuries? During the course of the fourteenth century I would suggest that many of the original ideals linked with crusading had been lost when compared with the campaign of the First Crusade in the late eleventh century. However, although many of the ideals associated with crusading had changed by the fourteenth century, there were still a number of ideals that remained consistent. In order to be able to establish the extent to which ideals did change, it is necessary to investigate the aspects of the crusading movement that not only changed but also those that remained. The morality of the Crusades had been brought into question and there was strong criticism over the validity of such brutality in the name of God. The deterioration of enthusiasm and of the recruitment process was significant, the success...
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