[robowombat]

I have long held our medieval ancestors could have understood current Islamos perfectly. We are dealing with people who are every bit as rational as Peter the Hermit and the hosts of rabble he raised to go on Crusade.

[agere_contra]

Agreed. As they had came under attack from Islam for many hundreds of years before the Crusades started I think our Medieval ancestors understood the Muslims a great deal better than we do - and acted more forthrightly.

Syria and Anatolia were Christian - before the Muslims invaded.