Quote:Why do I believe this? Well the European powers realized after fighting off the Moslem invasion of 732 CE,........... They turned to a faith that was opposed to Islam and that was Christianity.
The Church had been calling the shots in the West since 476 when the Western Empire "fell". From 732 until 1095 the West spent most of its time fighting Norse raiders who followed Odin and didn't give two shits about jesus or allah.
With the Norse threat fading, Urban II came up with a brainstorm to get xtian warlords to stop killing each other and give them something else to fight...even though they lost.
