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in reply to a message by Fladhimair O'Harshlad
As far as I remember it was pope Urban the II saying those words.
Yet, I am curious what take has the book you speak of on Saladin?
Sometimes he is seen as part of the normal leader mentality and other times I have heard him presented almost as a paradigm of chivalry.
Yet, I am curious what take has the book you speak of on Saladin?
Sometimes he is seen as part of the normal leader mentality and other times I have heard him presented almost as a paradigm of chivalry.
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I've only read up to the end of the Second Crusade (mid-1100s) when Saladin was still at home poppin zits and fretting over whether Dad would let him borrow the mangonel to go to the prom.
However, as far as humanity and chivalry go, the earlier, more obscure Turkoman military leaders wouldn't be a tough act to follow. By comparison to them, even Saddam Hussein was Mother Teresa.
Remind me and I'll relate the author's take on Saladin in a week or so, assuming I can take the additional accounts of mass murder, beheading, cannibalism, Jew-burning, flailing, enslavement, pillage, starvation, and general mayhem that will be required to get that far in the book.
However, as far as humanity and chivalry go, the earlier, more obscure Turkoman military leaders wouldn't be a tough act to follow. By comparison to them, even Saddam Hussein was Mother Teresa.
Remind me and I'll relate the author's take on Saladin in a week or so, assuming I can take the additional accounts of mass murder, beheading, cannibalism, Jew-burning, flailing, enslavement, pillage, starvation, and general mayhem that will be required to get that far in the book.
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