The New Oxford Review's Phillip Blosser reviews Tyerman's God's War: A New History of the Crusades [Harvard University Press] here. Again, Don’t be ashamed of the Crusades.Most benighted folk haven't a clue of history past, say, two decades or two centuries ago. Please, gentle reader, remember that the "prophet" Muhammad appeared over five centuries after Jesus walked in the Temple precinct. There simply were no Muslims in Israel, or "Palestine" for that amount of time. Christians, on the other hand, did occupy the land. Crusaders went out to protect, not to displace what "rightfully" belonged to Muslims. The question is one of motives. Why did Crusaders go and rescue?
As Belloc said, it is ”The World’s Debate.”
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