[lukan]

"Crusades went on for about 400 years if you count things such as the Reconquista

I also find it hard to believe they could not find profitable wars."

Well, sailing from norway to england, do some raiding then come back before the winter sounds way easier, than sailing from norway to the middle east and back. So it has been done, but apparently was not so worth it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protector_of_the_Indians

And here thanks for the link, I know little of that time, but I am not so sure if it counts as protecting pagans, or protecting baptized pagans who are christians.

[graemep]

Both I think.

If you are interested in the conquistadores the Rest is History podcast series on the conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires is excellent, especially the latter.