The image shows a painting of a critical part of religious history: the Crusades. They were a series of religious wars launched by the Papacy against the Turks to recover the Holy Lands from the Islamic rule, and to expand the territories and riches of Christendom. It was also known that the Church persuaded their followers that they would be granted access to Heaven, as well as have all of their sins forgiven if they went to battle to defeat the "demons" that were corrupting these lands. Pope Urban 2 called the first Crusade in response to the request of Byzantine Emperor Alexios 1 for…