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Oh my God, what a stupid book.Its difficult to know where to begin with a book like this. On the one hand, you cannot dismiss it as the invention of a whackjob. Robert Spencer has clearly done research on his subject and there are a fair number of points that an honest mind would have to concede to him.Yes, Mr. Spencer, the Crusades were not an example of the Western world colonizing the Middle East.andYes, Saladins chivalrous reputation glosses over some of his bloodier exploits.These two facts are used to buttress Mr. Spencers assault on what he perceives to be the established view of the Crusades.The way he misuses these facts demonstrates that Mr. Spencer is not engaged in scholarly analysis- he is simply selecting the facts that suit his viewpoint.Take the point about colonizing. It would be easy to say that the Crusades were a form of colonial conquest - and Mr. Spencer rightly points out that this is mistaken. The Frankish kingdoms in the holy land were not extensions of their motherlands. They were independent conquests, ruled by the very nobles whose armies established them.That changes nothing about the essential character of the Crusades. Namely: Frankish knights invaded the Holy Land to conquer it for their own gain, at the expense of its inhabitants, with the blessing and encouragement of the pope.The fact that they didnt rename their conquests New Aquitaine and send money home to the king hardly mattered to the people they subjugated.Spencer lingers over this meaningless technicality as if it undoes all of established history. The historical record of the Crusades is eye-deep with barbarous actions by the invading crusaders: slaughtering the populations of surrendered cities (Jerusalem), treacherous knights (Tancred and Reynald de Chatillon) even cannibalism on the part of supposedly holy warriors. After killing their way into Jerusalem, the system of government chosen by the Franks was pretty much beside the point. To any resident of the area, they were invaders. To any scholar of history, they were unprovoked invaders.Spencer also takes great pains to point out the bloody deeds of Saladin as if to reveal some great cover up. The truth is, yes - Saladin enjoys a great reputation in the West for chivalry and piety. And yes, as Spencer points out - he did have thousands of his prisoners executed. (Its actually worse than what Spencer describes - Saladin had his prisoners executed by Sufis, -holy men, not soldiers- who botched their executions and caused additional suffering).Only people who watch period movies will ever accuse Saladin of being a blameless adversary. Spencer is arguing with a myth that exists only in terrible movies like Kingdom of Heaven.Western history remembers Saladin fondly because of his numerous acts of benevolence - chief among them releasing the residents of Jerusalem (after the Frankish nobles refused to buy their freedom, choosing instead to take their treasures with them). While many of his actions (like providing replacement horses to Richard I in battle) cold be seen as shrewd strategy - there is a definite chivalry gap between the Frankish knights and Saladin.You could spend a long time trying to find a record of Tancreds good deeds in the holy land.Spencer lingers long on the bloodshed of battle of Hattin, and pointlessly debates whether the 1099 fall of Jerusalem really made blood run leg-deep in the streets. For one thing, Spencer is comparing the end with the beginning.Hattin was the culmination of the war against the Frankish kingdoms. It came in 1187, after almost a century of Frankish domination and bloodshed. To compare Saladins extermination of the Frankish army at Hattin with the wholesale slaughter of 30,000-40,000 defenseless Jerusalem residents in 1099 is (to put it mildly) missing a bit of context.The Franks brought the concept of total war to the Middle East. For many in the region this was their introduction to the West - a heavily armed mass of religious fanatics. When later Arab leaders like Baybars waged total war against the Franks there should be no confusion as to where they got the idea.Spencers arguments against Islam as a religion are best described as selective. Pitting one religions writings against another is hardly an objective exercise - but he tries anyway. Heres a quote from his introduction trying to explain his motivation for doing so:...I have placed a Muhammad vs. Jesus sidebar in every chapter to emphasize the fallacy of those who claim that Islam and Christianity-and all other religious traditions, for that matter-are basically equal in their ability to inspire good or evil. It is also meant to emphasize that the West, built on Christianity, is worth defending, even if we live in a so-called post Christian era.These are not the words of a scholar. They are the words of a modern crusader.
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