So why did the Crusaders massacre the Muslims and Jews of Jerusalem when they first took the city?
>>17994865Because they were muslims and jewsNext question
>>17994865>Implying it's necessary to have a reason for slaughtering muslims and jews besides the fact that they're muslims and jews
>>17994865>why did they kill their enemies during a war?
>>17994877So why didnt they massacre every city they captured?
>>17994869>>17994872The religion of peace at it again
>>17994883>>17994865It is very typical to massacre the population if the city is taken during an assault, instead of preemptive surrender.All ancient peoples recognized that this was the reality of life.The Komnene negotiated a surrender with city of Nicaea, and the city wasn't looted. The Crusaders had to assault Antioch and Jerusalem, so both populations were slaughtered.
>>17994865Retribution for murdering and enslaving Christians
>>17994865Killing and raping everyone in the city your army just captured was the most obvious thing for every army everywhere since the first cities appeared all the way to Napoleonic times. It didn't count as a war crime, nobody gave a shit. Killing diplomats and emmissaries, now that was considered a major stain on one's honor. But looting a city? Nah.
>>17995293>since the first cities appeared all the way to Napoleonic times.huh!? are you stupid or something anon. "Napoleonic times" is like 1800. Killing and raping tour conquered foe goes back further than recorded history...
It must be a way to teach the other cities to surrender quickly.
>>17995445Brown + ESL.
>>17995445Can't Read Award
>>17994883Pretty common thing to happen regardless of religion if you don't surrender
>>17994865Can't allow unclean filths to taint the holy land.
>>17994865because those Crusaders where not Christains. they slaughered other Sons of God in "God's name". if you turn your brain on, you'll see how absurd is this idea
>>17996650moslems and jews are the sons of the devil and their only purpose in life is to oppose God and torment his followers.
>>17996650You are allowed to kill others if satan speaks through them. Pope said so.>uhhh but I don't believe in Pope's authority Okay, then the Roman Emperor and God's viceregent on Earth also said so. Go on, kill them, chop chop.
>>17996650Wars are always because of money, religion, nationalism and socialism are the ways you convince people to go to war.
>>17996650Back then it was easy to tell who was "of God" because all the people that are "of God" are white. Jews though, are in rebellion against the throne of Heaven, and so are deserving of death.
Because massacre was sometimes rationalized theologically. Killing enemies of God in Jerusalem was a form of divine justice.
>>17994865Blood frenzy berzerker rage? Setting a table for the ravens?
Why did they take so long to take the city? Did they just not care much for the first 700 years or so
>>17994865Because A: Jerusalem resisted so the victors expected to massacre and loot as punishment (no army isn't going to let such an action go unpunished); if they hadn't done nothing would stop from the inhabitants from simply killing the men in private and revolting, the only answer would be shock and awe and making examples out of others as deterrence, B: if they did nothing they'd be immediately subverted & C: rightful revenge against the Islamic world and Jews
>>17996623>t. eslfaggot
>>17998155The post conquest Arabs were pretty chill and allowed pilgrimages to Jerusalem. The crusades began after the Turkish conquest of Anatolia, and conquest of Arab controlled land. It was a combination of loss of Roman territory and pilgrims being killed on the way to Jerusalem by Turkish nomads that traditionally mark the kickstart of the crusades.
>>17999327T.jihadistlover
>>17995259This, they literally teach historical relativism in any college course too, but most people are wiki historians and lack any other knowledge of the period
>>17994865Because the Sovereign was once again punishing the unfaithfulness and wickedness of his beloved wife.
