re: #353 Guanxi88

Very few peasants, except in their capacity as servants of their noble masters, went outremer on the Crusades. Largely an affair of the nobility, with peasants, as always, dragged in against their will.

or for the promise of gold. certainly a possibility. nothing to do with christianity. i can certainly see that as a logical explanation - escape from peasant life for a life of adventure and gold in the some distant land.