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illustratus · 9 days
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Crusaders Sighting Jerusalem by Edwin Austin Abbey
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raisunii · 4 months
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Palestine will be free.
Who Remembers the Armenians?, Najwan Darwish / Myth of the Vanishing Indian, Rena Priest / Shadow Procession, William Kentridge / The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon / Darfur (Jesus Wept), William F. DeVault / Srebrenica, Safet Zec
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beyond-crusading · 1 year
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A kneeling knight with his horse before setting off on the crusades. His servant is leaning over the turret with his masters helmet.
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incorrect-koh-posts · 12 days
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"Young Baldwin seems to have possessed a naturally strong constitution, and he was also gifted with undeniable qualities of character and a strong, lively intelligence. William of Tyre, who was his tutor, says that 'in his childhood he was very handsome, with a quick and open mind, and he rode very well, better than his forebears had done.' 'Never forgetting an injury, and still less a kindness,' he had 'a retentive memory, was well educated with an excellent memory for tales and a fondness for telling them.'
The child must have realized very early that his disease was incurable, and his reaction shows great strength of character. He wanted to forget and make everyone else forget, right up to the end, that he was sick. But by the time King Amalric died, young Baldwin's disease had made such progress that it was already beginning to show, and 'the people of the kingdom felt great grief when they looked at him.'
From 1175 onward, the regent and the barons of Jerusalem were able to count on an unexpected ally, and a more valuable one than might have at first been thought. At fourteen years the young King Baldwin emerged as an intrepid fighter, capable of leading his troops into battle and later on of commanding them personally in the field. He was seen at the side of the constable and the Count of Tripoli, riding at the head of his troops and taking part in raids and diversionary campaigns [...]. At the time the King was still too young to actually command his army, and his principal function was as a symbol and an inspiration for his men. They were all happier marching under command of their lawful King. Young though he was, he was like the flag, to be protected and followed through the thickest of the fight, and he was not afraid of personal danger. [...]
When he came to the throne, he had [...] been a leper for ten years, and although the disease did not begin to make rapid strides until puberty, it must, even in early adolescence, have weakened and exhausted him. It is unlikely that anyone would have dared to reproach him had he wished to consider himself an invalid, yet he behaved as though he were perfectly well.
He had been educated, as became a prince, by knights and masters of arms and also by churchmen [...], and these had not failed to teach him patience and prepare him for the harsh trial that was to be his life, and to arouse in him a sense of duty and pride in being, despite his infirmity, King of Jerusalem and Defender of the Holy Sepulcher. Whether as a result of education or temperament, Baldwin IV seems to have had little inclination to self-pity. The young King overcame his illness with all the determination of an adolescent who knows he is physically weak and is bent on proving to everyone, himself included, that he can equal and even surpass others. He may have been a king who had the misfortune to be a leper, but he was also a leper lucky enough to be a king.
He loved power because it was all life had to offer him, and he very early evinced a wish to govern by himself, and would not tolerate disobedience. A temperament of this kind can easily degenerate into tyranny and capriciousness in one so young, but Baldwin IV had a lively and precociously mature mind, and was sincerely concerned to do his best for the good of the kingdom; and this right up to the time when his sufferings began to drive him out of his mind. [...] Up to the last moment he wanted to be a king and a general, and he wanted to be obeyed. It was his way of clinging to life, and he was a terrible fighter."
- Zoé Oldenbourg, The Crusades (1966)
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zairaalbereo · 1 year
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Kiss or kill, what will it be?
(Oh, how I wish we could see Luca and Marwan bring this to life…)
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caesarsaladinn · 2 years
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grilling hamburgers and shooting off fireworks on July 4th in celebration of Saladin’s 1187 shattering of the Crusader kingdoms at the battle of Hattin
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historynavigator · 3 months
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Anna Komnene, Princess and Historian
Anna Komnene is one of our only sources on the First Crusade from the Byzantine perspective. She was a Byzantine princess, historian, and intellectual. Read more about her life here! #history #crusades #womenshistory #AnnaKomnene #historian #writer
“For even the greatest of deeds, if not haply preserved in written words and handed down to remembrance, become extinguished in the obscurity of silence” -Preface, The Alexiad Anna Komnene is one of the first female historians and one of the most valuable primary sources of the Middle Ages. Her written account of her father’s reign, The Alexiad, is our only source of the First Crusade from a…
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Louis Joseph Brüls (German, 1803-1882) The Knight's Farewell, ca.1840
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illustratus · 8 months
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"I want to battle for the right"
Illustration by Henry Pitz 1923
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homochadensistm · 2 months
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Crusader period (12th century) ruins, built by the Knights Hospitaller Order.
Caught a glimpse of it while doing my usual runs, couldn't resist exploring it. The buildings are in bad condition, completely overgrown with vegetation and moss, which makes it difficult to get close without risking getting yeeted into a random hole underneath your feet, as you cant exactly see where the collapsed stones are sitting on solid ground and where they're sort of piled up loosely. You can still spot the original, 1000yr old plaster and paint on some of the walls (e.g., the admin building below seem to have been painted blue on the inside), which I didn't expect.
This one's a classical fort, with an arrowslit/embrasure in the middle of its outer wall. Architecture is also typical of the period and location for the crusaders, mixing European elements with Islamic elements (the arches).
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Next to the fort, a very poorly preserved administrative building/center, also built by the Knights Hospitaller Order.
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If you live in the center you may have passed by this place on roads 6 and 444. It's part of Oranim forest, which is worth a visit regardless cause it's beautiful. I wouldn't recommend getting too close to/climbing on the ruins because they're in very bad shape. The ground level is approx. 2m lower than what you're going to step on, even if it's feels solid, and it might collapse beneath you, like it did on me🤡
Also, not to sponsorpost (though pls sponsor me Salomon :((( ) but my Salomon tactical boots stayed completely dry on the inside while getting absolutely soaked on the outside <3
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mapsontheweb · 11 months
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The Norwegian Crusade was just as wild as you can imagine! In 1107 King of Norway Sigurd I sailed with 60 ships to Jerusalem. He would become the first European king to visit the Holy Land. But the journey lasted for four years and a lot of violence happened along the way!
Full thread by @LandsknechtPike
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'I am glad to meet Godfrey's son - he was one of my greatest teachers. He was there when, playing with the other boys, my arm was cut; and it was he, not my father's physicians, who noticed that I felt no pain. He wept when he gave my father the news ... that I am a leper.'
KING BALDWIN IV in Ridley Scott's KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005)
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alpaca-clouds · 6 months
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What is a Templar? (Or: The Knightly Orders of the Crusades)
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(Well, only kinda. But let me explain.)
Something that has surprised me ever since I have entered the Castlevania fandom is the fact, that people do not know what the heraldry of the Knights Templar is. People know they existed, but even with them showing up in a lot of English language media (especially treasure hunting adventure stuff), a lot of folks apparently do not know that in general a red cross on white ground means Knights Templar. Maybe this is to be expected, though, because in the end of course those adventuring media does not really go into the Templars outside of the mythology and conspiracy stuff that folks later on associated with them.
So, let me talk about the Knightly Orders of the Crusades.
First on, I talked about the crusades earlier today. But a quick rundown once more: Muslims were in control of Jerusalem. But while they happily allowed Christian pilgrims to visit the city, political reasons made folks in Europe try to take Jerusalem, which created a very, very chaotic first crusade.
One of the reasons why it was so chaotic, was that there were basically three kinds of folks participating: Pilgrims, just normal folks riled up, and knights. Now, it should be kept in mind: There were few people at the time who were educated in battle. Because most kings did not have a standing military. And because those people participating in the crusades being a bunch of chaotic folks who did not know what they were doing, things... went so chaotic.
So, in came the Knights Templar. So, let me explain the five Christian Knight Orders.
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Okay, let me quickly explain the picture above.
We have the Sepulchers (founded in 1099). What we have here as the "Malte", are the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St. John (founded in 1099). Then we have the Knights Templar (founded in 1119). Then the Order of Santiago (founded in 1170). And finally the Order of Teutonic Knights (founded in 1190).
It should be noted that there were some other Knight Orders associated with the Crusades, but those five are usually considered the most influencial.
But, okay, let me step back. Why were those orders founded?
Mostly to protect the crusades and the pilgrimages that followed. They provided a plethora of services to the pilgrims and crusaders, which might include fighting - but did not necessarily do so.
Let me start with the Knights Templar. Not because they were the first one or the most important one, but because they are just the ones most well known. People have all sorts of ideas, what they did. But mostly they acted as two things: Bodyguards and bankers. They arose from the monk Order of Christ. The idea was basically as following: Both those rampaging bands of crusaders and the pilgrims took a lot of risks to get to the Holy Land. Because this was the middle ages, and there were wars and bandits and all other things on the way. So, when you went to visit the Holy Land, you might actually not want to carry your valuables on you. Because they might get stolen (and you might get killed for them). So the Templars basically invented modern banking. You gave your money to the Templars where you started your journey, they gave you a ledger, on your way you could visit other Templar Monasteries and get your money from the ledger. Against a fee, of course. And if you died, the Templars kept the money. Which was part of the reason they became so rich. Now, did the Templars also pillage? Yes. Did they participate in crusading battles? Yes. But it was not their main goal. This was also the reason, why they had to get very creative when it came to making their money, after the main crusades had ended. It is also why they officially disbanded in the 14th century. Though I say officially for a reason, as the Knights Templar just merged back into with the Order of Christ, and it took a long while, until there was nobody around wearing the colors and heraldry of the Knights Templar. So, while technically disbanded, they did in fact participate in colonialism for a while. (And yes, this did include slavery. Both of white slaves from Eastern Europe, as well as later on non-white slaves from Arabia and Africa. Mostly because they had strong ties to Portugal, who were a leading force in early slavery.)
After this, let's go through the orders by years of founding.
The Knights of the Holy Sepulchre have a simple, yet complicated history. They are tied to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where there was a monk order living. Now, in the early 11th century, there were religious conflicts within Jerusalem, that ended with the original church being destroyed. Just a bit later the Calif allowed it to be rebuild. But... then the crusades happened and religious fevor and when Jerusalem was taken, they decided they should defend some of their holy sides. As during the crusading battles some monks were knighted, they turned this... into a thing. These Knights first existed to defend the holy sides, then Jerusalem. They later participated in some of the battles. I should note, too, that a variation of them is still around today.
I talked about the Knights Hospitaller before, so I make this quick: They existed mainly to offer hospitality and medical services to crusaders and pilgrims. Like all of the knights they would, however, still participate in some battles.
Now, the Order of Santiago is a bit of an odd one out. Because they were not founded for the crusades but rather to fight the Muslims on a different front. As their name suggests: They tie back to Spain. And as I have talked about several times before, a good chunk of the Iberian peninsula at the time was in fact under Muslim rule. And yes, this order of church ordained knights originally fought the Muslims here. But they also quickly became drawn into the crusades. Other than protecting pilgrims, they also were ordained to provide any of the religious services pilgrims might need. (And yet, they were the odd one out between the Orders, because their vows were different. But about that in a bit.)
The Order of the Teutonic Knights was also a bit of a weird one. They started out as a religious fraternity, then did a bit of crusading, founded their knightly order in Jerusalem and then... preceded to Christianize the Balcans. As the name suggests, they were German in origin. And other than the other four orders, they actually had a big focus on fighting during the crusades (and later the "misionary work" in Eastern Europe).
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Something to understand about the Orders is, that they were not knights, who lived a monestary lifestyle, but rather monks, who were knighted. As such many of these knights would actually start out early as monks (again, back in those days teenagers and at times kids would already enter the monastery life for all sorts of different reasons), make their vows and then train in fighting to take up the mantle of the knight.
But as parts of those religious orders, they usually gave the three main monastic vows: A Vow of Poverty, a Vow of Chastity, and a Vow of Obedience. The one exception was the Order of Santiago, who did not give a vow of chastity and were in fact allowed to marry and have family.
And... I think that is it for now. This one turned out pretty darn long.
If you wanna know anything about the other knightly orders, just write a comment or let me know otherwise. I will... do a write down if there is any interest.
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