Yes, many Muslims died laughing, and left women and children to survive
alone somehow.
Ken W Sinclair
SK/Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: <horace@mb.sympatico.ca>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2028 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: Tomar Castle 2
> Men in arms are not to be laughed at " Honey ".
> Donald H. Sinclair
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean" <sinead@milamba.com>
> To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 6:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Tomar Castle 2
> > Laurel,
> > You are well ahead of me in your scholarship about the Crusades. I did
> know
> > that they were devastating to large parts of Europe, and that it was a
> time
> > of miracle seeking and visions. In desperation people seek for heavenly
> > rewards and the Crusades with promises of heaven and treasure must have
> > seemed wonderful. However I was laughing at my vision of those gentlemen
> in
> > the iron underpants walking around Jerusalem. I am sure they were not
made
> > for walking.
> > Jean
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