The reason so many churches were destroyed has a simple explanation.
Churches were often the only stone buildings in a town or village and made good defensive positions during battles.
Secondly they were easy to plunder and rob.
They were still churches. That a man on a holy mission would destroy what would have been holy places to him and to his followers is only proof of the extremism that drove him above any other motives.
The reason so many churches were destroyed has a simple explanation.
Churches were often the only stone buildings in a town or village and made good defensive positions during battles.
Secondly they were easy to plunder and rob.
They were still churches. That a man on a holy mission would destroy what would have been holy places to him and to his followers is only proof of the extremism that drove him above any other motives.
True but they were not his 'kind' of churches. He was a Puritan and anti Papist and anything else for that matter.
Sounds so similar to today don't you think?
Sadly, yes it does seem entirely too similar to today. [sigh] To paraphrase: What fools these humans remain.