John,
Did the crusades last 2 centuries?
Wendell
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Hi Wendell,
The first Christian Crusade to recover territory for the Pope was in 1095. Crusades to recover Palestine continued, sporadically, for two centuries or so. However, the very last Crusade was made in 1588, when Spain sent its vast, famed Armada against England to bring that nation back into the Catholic fold. So, in reality, Christians waged Crusades for almost 600 years.
Pastor John