just a bunch of dudes, checking corners with their bows drawn, getting shot by a crossbow-machinegun nest

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    those knights who killed the archbishop of Cantebury sort of got drafted into a crusade as punishment but that was an exceptional case

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        as I recall they killed the priest because he was becoming a political issue for the king.

        They weren't so much opposed to the Catholic church as they were murderers who lived in a society where them killing people who wouldn't show their boss respect was something they expected to be rewarded for but a priest back then was not an acceptable target for feudal violence so they got in trouble

        • Diogenes_Barrel [love/loves]
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          2 years ago

          :shrug-outta-hecks: hes a reformed mobster knight who used to wack dudes for the crown, coming back to steal from the rich and give to the poor

          • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            a knight and a mobster were basically the same thing, the mafia is literally a feudal holdover.

            also if you want to tell that story then there was that one time the italian communist party convinced a bunch of mobsters that they were the vanguard of the revolution which was in the end pretty weird for everyone involved