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Sin and Siege: The End of the Crusades

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/sin-and-siege-end-crusades

by gofiggy • 6 years ago

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cicero• 6 years ago

This site exposes too many complexities of history that do not fit the simplistic narratives that are popular today. Nothing to see here. /s

gumby• 6 years ago

And perhaps it was ever thus:

‘All this was done with civility and respect’, he wrote, though this did not deter him from cursing the place: ‘May God destroy it.’

vondur• 6 years ago

Another interesting area that has a similar story is of Norman Sicily after being conquered and ruled by Roger II. He helped turn the city of Palermo into a very cosmopolitan city where Greeks, Normans and Muslims all had to live and work together. You can hear about it from the Norman Centuries podcast: https://normancenturies.com/

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