Crusader mass grave in Lebanon sheds light on cruelty of medieval warfare

JPost ^ | 9/23/21 | Rossella Tercatin

[Roman_War_Criminal]

A mass grave uncovered in Sidon, Lebanon, has shed new light on the Crusades and on the cruelty of medieval warfare, a new study in the academic journal PLOS ONE has shown.

Archaeologists unearthed a large quantity of human bones in the moat of the Saint Louis Castle in South Lebanon.

The area was first conquered by the Crusaders after the First Crusade in 1110. Some 150 years later, the Christian city was attacked and largely destroyed by the Mamluks in 1253 and then destroyed even more by the Mongols in 1260.

Pursuing the idea of liberating the holy sites from Muslim rule and encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church, European powers and sometimes peoples initiated several military campaigns in the Middle East during those centuries, which led to the establishment of a number of Christian states in the area of modern Israel, Lebanon and Syria, and for a certain period managed to place Jerusalem under Christian rule, following massacres against Jews, both in Europe and in the Middle East. While widely chronicled in historical documents, very few archaeological remains have been found documenting the battles.

[DoughtyOne]

The Islamicists attacked Europe over 500 times, and the
Crusaders attacked somewhere around 12-20 times. None
the less, the media always presents it’s information as
if the Crusaders were the vile aggressors.

That’s a slander that everyone should be made aware of.

They love to portray Christians as evil, and others as
pure as the driven show.

We can see it today, the press’ reluctance to out the
Islamic bad guys.

[BenLurkin]

THIS IS HOW MUSLIMS WORSHIP

[MNJohnnie]

The Crusades were a response to Muslim conquest of Christian Holy Sites. They were a response to Byzantine request for aid against the Muslim aggressors

That is real history not the spin put on it by Leftist propaganda bots

[Pikachu_Dad]

The person paying the bills usually sets the tone !

[BigEdLB]

In the movie from the 1950’s, “Richard and the Crusaders”, Rex Harrison played Saladin. The Islamist Fighters of that time were no Rex Harrison.

[beethovenfan]

I liked Crusader Rabbit.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree.

Here it is presented that they were only there to protect
Christians in the region. The fact is, they were taking the
battle to the region because of extreme Islamic adventurism.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen the map for the Islamic
invasion of Europe, but Spain and parts North were under
fire. At least lower parts of Europe proper were attacked.

We’re talking France, and other areas that far North.

Of course Italy, Greece, and other areas were under attack
also.

This is a general recital. I’m trying to give a flavor of
what the true dynamics were, and if I’m off base a bit here,
it’s not by intent. If someone would like to correct any
errors they see, please feel free to do so.

I’m pretty comfortable the major thrust of my comments
will stand the test.

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, and these days there must an awful lot of bills being
paid by haters of the U. S. and Christians.

[Ancesthntr]

OMG!!! Medieval warfare was actually CRUEL? Who could have imagined, I thought it was accurately portrayed by the Monty Python crew, with people farting in each others’ general direction.

Are they SURE? Because those knights in that first documentary seemed so nice.

[wastoute]

“The Gates of Vienna.”

[Pontiac]

The Crusades were a response to Muslim conquest of Christian Holy Sites. They were a response to Byzantine request for aid against the Muslim aggressors

The author writes this article as if North Africa had always been Muslim.

North Africa had been largely Christian for 300 years before the Muslim hords had marched out of Arabia in the mid 600s AD.

Typical lib media. Start history where is supports the point you want to make.

Here there point is that Christianity is bad, Christians are evil and always have been.

[Berlin_Freeper]

“Crusader records tell us that King Louis IX of France was on crusade in the Holy Land at the time of the attack on Sidon in 1253,”

Seventh Crusade
On 8 February 1250 Louis lost his army at the Battle of Al Mansurah[21] and was captured by the Egyptians.

Eighth Crusade
In a parliament held at Paris, 24 March 1267, Louis and his three sons "took the cross." On hearing the reports of the missionaries, Louis resolved to land at Tunis, and he ordered his younger brother, Charles of Anjou, to join him there. The crusaders, among whom was the English prince Edward Longshanks, landed at Carthage 17 July 1270, but disease broke out in the camp. Many died of dysentery, and on 25 August, Louis himself died.

[lightman]

The Muslim Turks beseiged Vienna around 1529.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for adding that in. That helps...

[DoughtyOne]

Good points, and I agree with your take-away.

Thanks

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Well, they weren’t known for taking prisoners . . . nowhere to keep ‘em.

[lightman]

Also the Columbus expedition was a “victory lap” by Ferdinand and Isabella for having driven the Moors (Muslims) out of the Ibernian peninsula.

In a backhanded way Muslim imperialism (or more precisely, the pushback against it) led to the European discovery of the Americas.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention. I could not have pulled that up from
my head these days. I appreciate you and another poster
pointing that out. It’s important.

[DoughtyOne]

Wow, great point.

I wouldn’t have connected those actions. Nice...