This earpiece, perhaps of Egyptian manufacture, is apparent loot from the First Crusade sack of Jerusalem in July, 1099. Credit: Virginia Withers">This earpiece, perhaps of Egyptian manufacture, is apparent loot from the First Crusade sack of Jerusalem in July, 1099.
Haven’t peeps been counting Crusades for a while now?
Given that a Crusade was labeled #1, who would doubt that it occurred in some fashion
I believe this marked the end of known Jewish presence in Jerusalem until the end of the Crusader kingdom around 1291.
The famous Nachmanides recorded around the end of the Crusader kingdom that 10 Jewish men could not be found in Jerusalem but had to be recruited from far away villages for proper prayers for his pilgrimage.
Seems odd historians would doubt the chronicler’s account without evidence one way or another. A moat to defend a city under siege sounds like a fairly standard tactic.