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But snoopster - 16/04/2004 11:45:55 AM

to the world of the ancients and helping bring the Renaissance about. The crusades, and specifically the fourth crusade, were vital in starting the 13th century Renaissance in Italy.

We'll never know if it would have happened anyway.



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Analysis: Farewell to the Fourth Crusade - 16/04/2004 12:58:05 AM 170 Views
*shrugs* it IS interesting, but... - 16/04/2004 12:59:43 AM 26 Views
I disagree - 16/04/2004 01:01:06 AM 21 Views
i know its about symbolism - 16/04/2004 01:03:11 AM 15 Views
But the symbolism - 16/04/2004 01:05:55 AM 15 Views
i'm not saying it won't - 16/04/2004 01:10:04 AM 13 Views
The Pope's gesture, while admirable - 16/04/2004 01:42:22 AM 27 Views
better late than never : he is at laest triyng - 16/04/2004 09:04:55 AM 10 Views
Very interesting - 16/04/2004 07:52:20 AM 13 Views
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But, if you fought at that battle, - 16/04/2004 10:27:37 AM 9 Views
Meh - 16/04/2004 10:40:27 AM 9 Views
No - 16/04/2004 10:45:18 AM 8 Views
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Ah. - 16/04/2004 11:42:28 AM 8 Views
Bugger - 16/04/2004 11:46:49 AM 6 Views
See?! - 16/04/2004 11:48:25 AM 6 Views
Woe? - 16/04/2004 11:58:56 AM 5 Views
And sorrow. - 16/04/2004 11:59:59 AM 7 Views
Oh - 16/04/2004 12:07:39 PM 6 Views
I agree that Manzikert was worse for Byzantium, but... - 16/04/2004 11:13:28 AM 14 Views
And yet it was crucial to opening up the eyes of the West - 16/04/2004 11:41:34 AM 13 Views
But - 16/04/2004 11:45:55 AM 12 Views
What ifs are not the subject of historians and students of history. - 16/04/2004 11:52:12 AM 18 Views
I just tend to dislike absolutes,I just always feel we never know 100% - 16/04/2004 12:01:23 PM 9 Views
Agreed we dont know everything. - 16/04/2004 12:33:45 PM 7 Views
But it wasn't the sack per se that led to the Renaissance... - 16/04/2004 04:41:39 PM 9 Views
The Crusades are a horrible blight on the face of Christianity. - 16/04/2004 12:38:54 PM 11 Views