Politically Incorrect, i.e. Historically Accurate, Account of the Crusades
Both Bill Clinton and Osama bin Laden have used the Crusades to justify Islamic Terrorism against the West.
In What the Crusades Were Really Like (Part 1), historian Thomas Madden dispels the following four myths.
Both Bill Clinton and Osama bin Laden have used the Crusades to justify Islamic Terrorism against the West.
In What the Crusades Were Really Like (Part 1), historian Thomas Madden dispels the following four myths.
- Myth 1: The Crusades were wars of unprovoked aggression against a peaceful Muslim world.
Myth 2: The Crusaders wore crosses, but they were really only interested in capturing booty and land. Their pious platitudes were just a cover for rapacious greed.
Myth 3: When the Crusaders captured Jerusalem in 1099 they massacred every man, woman and child in the city until the streets ran ankle deep with the blood.
Myth 4: The Crusades were just medieval colonialism dressed up in religious finery.
Myth 5: The Crusades were also waged against the Jews.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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