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Are great helms the greatest of helms? Yes.
>>86574
Who was the best Order of Knights
I think it was the Knights Hospitaller
>>86580
nice meme
>>86607
Aye, Hospitallers are based as fuck
>>86592
Too big and too bulky, full helm is best
>>86607
we all know who the real greatest were
>>86678
>Fight Christian kingdoms instead of pagans
>the greatest
Also they certainly didn't wear these stupid horn helmets, it triggers the shit out of me.
>>86678
greatest at losing maybe
>>86574
4th Crusade
Best Crusade
Not so smug now, Byzantines!
>>86574
I'll just leave this bibliography on the Crusades here:
http://pastebin.com/EfRXp01Y
Nice thread you got here.
Be a shame if something happened to it.
![WP_20151103_002[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cwsDVeP.jpg "WP_20151103_002[1].jpg")
>yfw you realize the Crusaders found persecuting and fighting other Christians more justified than fighting infidels.
True sign of how noble the Crusades were.
(pic from ''The Crusades and the Christian World of the East - Rough Tolerance, C. MacEvitt,'')
>>88461
and?
Those are heretics and they clearly explain because of proximity that they cause more danger
Is this meant to be in relation to anyone?
>>88539
Given that most people see the Crusades as a ''Christian vs Muslim'' fight, this is pretty revealing. Given that the Roman Christianity was decided upon 300 years after Christ, just merely beating Arianism, only to assert everything else as heresy afterwards and fight those people more brutally than the entire reason the Crusades were supposed to be happening (the Christians being persecuted by the Muslims)
>'On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”'
I think that's pretty insightful.
>>86574
Doge Enrico Dandolo
>Blind
>Undisputed leader of 4th crusade
>Wins every battle he participated in
>>86592
Easily the most aesthetically pleasing, even if technology improved bringing more practical protection.
>>89246
Had pork for lunch.
