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DavesUrMan Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 9:23 PM |
I've been dong some extra reading on this topic
Anyone have any comments or interest in this part of history? |
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la femme qui Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 9:35 PM |
| It's best not to get me started on this topic, especially the Children's Crusade... not of any help there sorry :| |
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DavesUrMan Posted Wed 22 Oct, 2008 9:50 PM |
la femme qui wrote: It's best not to get me started on this topic, especially the Children's Crusade... not of any help there sorry :|
hi la femme - i just read about the children't crusade the other day - appauling affair - christianity still has so much to answer for, or they can just bite the bullet and say "OK the popes of old and new are easily corruptible and are not acting because god spoke to them" |
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physke Posted Thu 23 Oct, 2008 2:06 AM |
| You should check the crusades through arab eyes by amin maalouf. He is writing whole story from arab chronicles. Great source! |
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AbsGinger Posted Thu 23 Oct, 2008 6:40 PM |
DavesUrMan wrote: I've been dong some extra reading on this topic
Anyone have any comments or interest in this part of history?
is your real ID George W. Bush ? |
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michele Posted Thu 23 Oct, 2008 9:31 PM |
what I learnt about the crusades is that behind the aim of making free the holy places in jerusalem, there were a lot of sons of noblemen that wanted to conquer a land, since in their coutries they had not due to the feudal law
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