THE US, THE UN AND THE IRAQIS THEMSELVES, V. 7.0

The crusades the cruelty and intolerance of religion at work. Things have not changed one iota since. And as long as man allows religion to command his attention it never will.

The crusades the cruelty and intolerance of religion at work. Things have not changed one iota since. And as long as man allows religion to command his attention it never will.

Mcg
The crusades were the result of Christian religious fervor and fanaticism. That fervor manifested itself against all who were not Christian. Many Jewish communities were decimated by these righteous people in the name of their religion on the way to the holy land as well. That aside, my point was that nothing has changed killings, massacres and wars continue to be waged under the banner of religion.

AU 1929 would know the answer to this: isn't it the case that the Jews during those centuries sided with Islam? At least that was Isabella's explanation for ordering their expulsion from Spain after the fall of Constantinople.

The Crusades were wars, so it would be a mistake to characterize them as nothing but piety and good intentions. Like all warfare, the violence was brutal (although not as brutal as modern wars). There were mishaps, blunders, and crimes. These are usually well-remembered today. During the early days of the First Crusade in 1095, a ragtag band of Crusaders led by Count Emicho of Leiningen made its way down the Rhine, robbing and murdering all the Jews they could find. Without success, the local bishops attempted to stop the carnage. In the eyes of these warriors, the Jews, like the Muslims, were the enemies of Christ. Plundering and killing them, then, was no vice. Indeed, they believed it was a righteous deed, since the Jews' money could be used to fund the Crusade to Jerusalem. But they were wrong, and the Church strongly condemned the anti-Jewish attacks.

Fifty years later, when the Second Crusade was gearing up, St. Bernard frequently preached that the Jews were not to be persecuted:

Ask anyone who knows the Sacred Scriptures what he finds foretold of the Jews in the Psalm. "Not for their destruction do I pray," it says. The Jews are for us the living words of Scripture, for they remind us always of what our Lord suffered.... Under Christian princes they endure a hard captivity, but "they only wait for the time of their deliverance."

Nevertheless, a fellow Cistercian monk named Radulf stirred up people against the Rhineland Jews, despite numerous letters from Bernard demanding that he stop. At last Bernard was forced to travel to Germany himself, where he caught up with Radulf, sent him back to his convent, and ended the massacres

This Concise History will prove an excellent, economical addition to most libraries. Some caution should be made about suggesting it to undergraduates in isolation. Read alongside some of the titles reviewed in the critical bibliography this text would be a solid start. Attention should particularly be paid to reading something extra on the Reconquista in Spain and one of the more recent works on the social history of the Crusades. Without a little extra reading, it would be difficult to follow current discussions on the Crusades unless one understood something about Madden's "periphery."

Just the facts please: did Jews side with Islam (specifically at the time the Ottoman Empire) before the fall of Constantinople or not?