During the rousing "Hallelujah Chorus" in Handel's Messiah, King George II reportedly rose to his feet and began clapping in time with the music; the audience was compelled to follow the lead of their monarch, leading to a lasting tradition that endures to this day.

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This story appears to be true, and it explains why we consider it a tradition to stand when the "Hallelujah Chorus" in Handel's Messiah begins. This is a famous song that is often played during the holidays. The Messiah premiered in London in 1743. The legend states that during this performance, the King was so moved by the music that he stood up. As people generally stood up whenever the king did as a matter of formality, this caught on, and it created a tradition that remains to our days.

the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

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