... that St. Bernard even though he did alter æthe original courseÆ of the crusade, did not compromise its chances of success. As way of a proper definition, I will be assuming that the crusadeÆs æoriginal intentionÆ was all that occurred before the arrival of St. Bernard and up to the issue of QP2. Everything after that will be alteration's to the original plan. It is also important to difine what were the original intentions of the second crusade. Giles Constable (see ref: 7) claims that the Wend, Spanish and Eastern crusade were part of the papacyÆs attempt to solve the æMuslim QuestionÆ once and for all, and so all three crusades made up the Second Crusade. This appears to be looking at the crusade with hindsight. All three crusades were separate that evolved because of circumstances indoctrinated by something else. The Wend crusade (discussed later) is possibly the best example ...

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