gold is money ... gold coins used by crusaders, page-17

There is no argument with the Wikipedia history students. Especially when the caps lock goes on. Then all independant opinions have to go away!

There is a different angle to the crusader story. The relentless one dimensional crusader bashing fails utterly to illuminate who they were and what motivated them to go on crusade against a terrible enemy whith overwhelming odds in his own land.

That they left everything behind to face certain death far from home. Who they were. Not just celebrity Kings but noblemen forsaking their lands,footsoldiers and peasants. What kind of men do that? Its a fascinating complex story filled with all sorts of drama - good and very bad.

The discovery of the coin horde is an excellent illumination to that part of history.