Talk:Stedingen

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[edit] stedingen

Hi guys I find the article tending towards a subjective tone. am I being too sensitive, see the final line of the article "These proud, brave country folk, who had taken up arms for the defense of their homeland and their freedom, were killed. Nearly 5,000 Stedinger bodies covered the blood soaked earth of their land , where once the waters of the Weser had flowed."

It seem's to be written in the manner of a story rather than that of an article.

Also, this: "This a rare crusade in the history of the Roman Catholic church, because the Stedingers were not heathens or heretics."

I don't want to debate whether the Stendingers were heretics or not, but they were formaly charged as such by the Church. Otherwise, a crusade couldn't not be called against them. Besides, this sentence makes it seem like the Stendingers were the only people crusaded against that *weren't* heretics, which is questionable, to say the least. Were the Templars heretics or just skilled bankers who stepped on someone's toe? Were the Fratticeli heretics or just winning over masses by preaching for a less wealthy Christianity? Likewise, were the Stendingers heretics, or were they just too liberal for their times? TomorrowTime 13:39, 30 November 2006 (UTC)