`  ==Lead== To justify my edits to the lead paragraph: *``religious character`` sounds like ``we're not sure exactly what``. Mentioning ``Christendom`` and ``Muslim rule`` should be sufficient to get the point across. *Why 1095-1291? I know why, but it seemed a little arbitrary even for describing Crusades proper.  *why quotation marks and the modifier ``sacred`` to ``Holy Land``? Holy Land is what its called and sacred is very redundant.   `