Hugging the Vistula River 111km north-west of Warsaw is the city of Płock, administrative capital of Płock County in the Masovian Voivodeship. Believe it or not, Płock was also once the historical administrative capital of the Masovian Voivodeship, long before Warsaw, and maybe surprising to you,
Poles in the Crusades to the Holy Land
has anyone seen Valhalla Rising?
IMBd doesn t mention that the Viking ship is on a crusade to the holy land .
It s a brutal movie about the crusades from the north, among other things. (maybe a bit boring or manly for some of yee but I thought it is worth mentioning).
But you have to admit that some posters find it very interesting :)
The mod probably has a point and your input is interesting.
I know I know thanks SeanBM.
This was before Poland was Christened,
In March 1095 at the Council of Piacenza, ambassadors sent by Byzantine Emperor Alexius I called for help with defending his empire against the Seljuk Turks. Later that year, at the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II called upon all Christians to join a war against the Turks, promising those who died in the endeavor