DEBUNKING The Daily Wire and Conservatives saying The Crusades were a GOOD THING
1,700The First Crusade has long been mythicised as the moment Western Christendom said 'NO MORE!' as Muslim armies invaded Christian territory. Its depicted as a heroic defence that secured the Christian world for the next 900 years. However, this is far from reality. Most Muslim empires were too busy fighting eachother to even care about the Christian religion, even in Spain, the Caliphate of Cordoba was swept up in civil war - while in the Middle East the Seljuk Turks were conquering not just the Byzantine lands but also Abbasid and Arab lands. Thinking the Muslims in Iberia, Arabia and the Levante had any semblance of unity and a desire to destroy the Christian world together is a laughable myth.
But don't worry for some reason or another Conservatives recently have decided to talk about how these Crusades were a good thing and a defensive war - which I respond to.
.00:00:00 - The First Crusade was not a defensive war
00:06:08 - Why The First Crusade happened
00:14:58 - Michael Knowles things the First Crusade was a good thing
00:19:34 - Conservatives Defend the Crusades
00:23:00 - There was no Muslim unity in the 11th Century
00:31:40 - History is nuanced and complex
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