Re: [WW] War

["Theron Bretz" <tbretz@io.com>]

> Nit pick here. The Bubonic Plague was medieval, predating the 30
> Years War by a century or so. Matter of fact, the Crusades were an
> attempt (among other things) to get people's minds off the Black
> Death.

Uh, no...

First outbreak of Bubonic Plague in Europe:  1346 AD

First Crusade:  1100 AD

In fact the first record by Europeans of what _might_ be the plague is from
a siege in Asia Minor during one of the later Crusades.

While there were many factors apart from religious fervor that brought about
the Crusades, the plague wasn't one of them.

Theron
Houston
Nit-picky Medievalist