nanoman92 t1_irikyll wrote
Reply to comment by jezreelite in Did the first crusade impact significantly the war-making capacity of states like england, west and east francia? And did later crusades impose equal burdens, or was the distribution of this burden different for the 2nd and 3rd crusades? by Qazwereira
That may be Byzantine influence, they had been refering to westerners as Franks since Charlemagne.
Hermano_Hue t1_irl1evr wrote
I think its due to the umayyads invading the iberian peninsula, since then they have been naming the western armies as franks
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