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To: Brumar89 who wrote (60386)10/16/2014 10:50:53 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
The crusaders weren't veterans of Charlemagne's wars.

Charlemagne build the first permanent army since the time of the Romans in west Europe. While no person was still around 500 years later, the organization he built is basically the same one that fought the Saxon wars and the crusades.