Religious Conflicts

Religious conflicts are more difficult to resolve nonviolently than many other types of conflicts because many people cling dogmatically to their beliefs and are seldom willing to compromise. The most noteworthy of these religious conflicts spanned four-hundred years (from the eleventh to the fifteenth century) and were known as the Crusades. The Crusades were expeditions undertaken, in fulfillment of a solemn vow, to deliver the Christian Holy Places from Mohammedan tyranny (New Advent). This conflict resulted in open and sporadic warfare that ended without a peaceful resolution. Since those holy wars, Christians and Mohammedans have never coexisted peacefully.

As history progressed, the Reformation came to Europe in the sixteenth century. This religious movement splintered the Catholic faith and brought the people of Europe in direct conflict with each other. England and many of the northern Germanic states became Protestant while France, Ireland an

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