Franks Quotes
He fought in the Crusades with Saladin and was living in Jerusalem under Christian occupation. The cultural dissonance regarding the Christian verses Muslim treatment of women was even noted a thousand years ago. At the time women were fare from equal or emancipated, but even this degree of allowing women conversational rights was considered quite radical by the quote.
They made excellent soldiers for the Roman Army.
Lisbon had been conquered and was occupied by the Moors. Alfonso needed the French to oust the Moors. Such arrangements were not uncommon.
Charles I, Charles the Great. By putting these ideas into the Frankish legal system Charlemagne established the basis of the free public school system, but used the Roman Catholic clerics to do the teaching as they were de facto the only educated group who could teach. This capitulary later was referred to as Charlemagne’s “Charter of Modern Thought”.
At the time he was a very young man and even his own people did not think it would happen. But he did win a major battle against the Romans.
The Franks on the First Crusade, had a terrible reputation for greed and rapine amongst the Muslims. But it was equally shared by many of the Christians. Comnena was one of the Christian writers to reveal their atrocities and other dishonorable characteristics. To this day, there are some Muslim terrorists who justify their modern atrocities as retaliation and vengeance for the behavior of the Christians during the Crusades.
Clovis did and the Romans were routed.
There are varying accounts of the motivation of the massacre. What is known is that there were negotiations between Richard and Saladin for the ransom of prisoners as was customary. Negotiations however broke down, and in front of the Saracen Army the Franks murdered their 2,700 prisoners.
