Barbarism of the Crusaders
Barbarism of the Crusaders
By Darren Bailey LRPS
WARNING THIS STORY DEPICTS VERY NASTY MEDIEVAL ACTS.
After ransacking and setti...
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Barbarism of the Crusaders
By Darren Bailey LRPS
WARNING THIS STORY DEPICTS VERY NASTY MEDIEVAL ACTS.
After ransacking and setting fire to many settlements and putting countless Muslims to the sword, eventually the crusaders reached Jerusalem in 1099. After a siege of approximately five weeks, the city fell. When the victors finally entered Jerusalem
According to one historian, “They killed all the Saracens and the Turks they found… whether male of female.”
Crusaders slaughtered everyone they met and looted everything they could get their hands on. They murdered indiscriminately those who had taken refuge in the mosques, whether young or old, and devastated the Muslim and Jewish holy sites and places of worship setting the city’s synagogues aflame, burning alive Jews who had hidden inside.
This slaughter continued until no longer could they find anyone to kill.
One of the crusaders, Raymond of Aguiles, boasts of this incredible cruelty:
Wonderful sights were to be seen. Some of our men (and this was more merciful) cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them longer by casting them into flames. Piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets of the city. It was necessary to pick one’s way over the bodies of men and horses. But these were small matters compared to what happened at the Temple of Solomon, a place where religious services are normally chanted . . . in the temple and the porch of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.
Piece created using a Nikon D90 and a Nikkor 18-105vr
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By Darren Bailey LRPS
WARNING THIS STORY DEPICTS VERY NASTY MEDIEVAL ACTS.
After ransacking and setting fire to many settlements and putting countless Muslims to the sword, eventually the crusaders reached Jerusalem in 1099. After a siege of approximately five weeks, the city fell. When the victors finally entered Jerusalem
According to one historian, “They killed all the Saracens and the Turks they found… whether male of female.”
Crusaders slaughtered everyone they met and looted everything they could get their hands on. They murdered indiscriminately those who had taken refuge in the mosques, whether young or old, and devastated the Muslim and Jewish holy sites and places of worship setting the city’s synagogues aflame, burning alive Jews who had hidden inside.
This slaughter continued until no longer could they find anyone to kill.
One of the crusaders, Raymond of Aguiles, boasts of this incredible cruelty:
Wonderful sights were to be seen. Some of our men (and this was more merciful) cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them longer by casting them into flames. Piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets of the city. It was necessary to pick one’s way over the bodies of men and horses. But these were small matters compared to what happened at the Temple of Solomon, a place where religious services are normally chanted . . . in the temple and the porch of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.
Piece created using a Nikon D90 and a Nikkor 18-105vr
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Also used
1 x Knights Templar Sword
Medieval Gauntlets
Fake blood
Manfrotto LED Light panels
A Sprinkle of imagination and research
Read less
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