Why The Crusades Were Awesome, Actually

Sadly this video will only be buried under the YouTube algorithm while anti-Christian rhetoric will continue to be promoted institutionally and commercially.

It's easy to condemn the "find out" when you ignore the "fuck around" that preceded it...

In the Philippines, we studied the Crusades as a positive thing in schools. I was surprised that we view this history very different from Western standpoint.

"It took Christianity 300 years of being put to the sword by Islam, having 2/3 of the Christian world conquered - with millions butchered, and over a million more Europeans carted off across the Mediterranean into slavery before the first crusade was called."

Calling the Crusades an unprovoked attack on Muslim territory is like calling D Day an unprovoked attack on German territory. I can understand saying that it was sad that it ever became necessary, but it's not shameful to fight for survival or to regain what was taken.

People always seem to FORGET that the crusades were a response to 800 years of Muslim aggression.

Some kings were good, other kings were trash, some spared everyone, others killed everyone, thats what happened and still happens today, but now, no one cares...

Puzzling to me is the people that attack the crusades but are oddly silent on the forced expansion of Islam.

I had to write a report on the crusades my sophomore year. I pretty much said what you’re saying here, and the teacher gave me a zero. She also threatened to fail me for the year because I defined Jihad as a holy war, even though I asked an actual practicing Muslim about the Islamic definition. This was 2014, I can only imagine how much history has been further bastardized since then

I like how the christians are always condemned yet somehow the islam atrocities are consistently ignored...

Thanks for researching this topic. It is hard to be faithful in these times especially when christians from my own congregation tell me how shameful the crusades were.

It's killing me how he says "my favorite crusade" like it's a franchise lol (I aded lol at the end cuz some peapole think I posted this comment cuz I dislike this video, wich isin't true at all)

As an Romanian I can say that our history books appreciate the crusades , especially the late ones that we participated in like Varna , because the Ottomans have been a constant threat to us until the 19th century

As an atheist who has a great appreciation for learning history I’ve also been baffled by how often the crusades are portrayed as some unique evil among historical wars. Completely just ignoring the defensive nature of them and how Islamic expansion both pre and post dated them all

Before I begin, I want to prefice that I am an atheist. Despite that, I do respect religion, I don't demonize it or anything, anyone is free to believe what they want. With that being said, I must point out that this video seems to be very biased and skips past a few things that I believe are important to understand the crusades. While Islamic aggression was a huge reason for the crusades, there were many other reasons for this. The Christian kingdoms of Europe didn't just go on the crusades because they wanted to protect their religion. Many kings and nobles did so because the crusades presented an opportunity to expand their domains in the east without much repercussions, allowed them to gain more wealth and influence, and more political power. The same went for the islamic states as well. The crusades were a tangled mess of politics and schemes, it was never just about protecting Christianity or spreading Islam, it was a log more complicated than that, and a lot of powerful people used the ideea of "fighting for God" as a way to gain more power, wealth and influence. The Crusades are messy, and complicated, and neither side was truly justified in these terrible conflicts. Also, both sides are guilty of committing atrocities on one another, in the name of their God. I am not bashing Christianity or Islam, however, I think the Crusades need to be looked at with a critical eye from both sides. Neither side was correct, or righteous. The crusades are indeed a stain on both Islam and Christianity.

Anyone who would like to delve deeper into learning about the Crusades should read the book 'The Crusades: the Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land' by Thomas Asbridge.

As a french, I'm always surprised by the way the Crusades are viewed by the anglo-saxon public. I've never heard something as "The Crusade were aggression" or "a terrible crime". It was an adventure, driven by faith, and which gave rise to exchanges more than a simple fight between enemy religions. The Middle East being at the time one very diverse region, in its cultural and religious mix. Also, it should not be forgotten that, at the time of the Crusaders, the Middle East was a Christian land only a few centuries ago. Islam having only appeared in the 7th century and the first crusade taking place at the beginning of the 11th century

Can't even imagine what a crazy undertaking this was for the soldiers, after that notorious travel distance to fight an unknown enemy for months.

France Germany and England getting along? Yea shit got real...

What books can i read to find this information