No man can be a Politician, except he be first an Historian or a Traveller; for except he can see what Must be, or what May be, he is no Politician: Now, if he have no knowledge in story, he cannot tell what hath been; and if he that not been a Traveller, he cannot tell what is: but he that neither knoweth what hath been, nor what is; can never tell what must be, or what may be. - James Harrington, THE COMMONWEALTH OF OCEANA, 1656
Sunday, November 23, 2003
The Real History of Crusades
Thomas Madden offers a "History of Crusades", correcting the more cynical accounts. Professor Madden's approach is also delivered in light of Osama bin Laden (and others) contention that the West and the Crusades brought 9-11 on us.
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