To: Kenny Bunk
Indeed. Most of the Normans who went on the first Crusade with Tancred and Bohemund grew up in Italy.
The Duke of Normandy Robert Curthose had to hock Normandy to William King of England his brother to afford to go on the first Crusade.
13 posted on
01/31/2011 9:36:54 PM PST by
allmendream
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To: allmendream
But the first Crusade was one of the more effective....
14 posted on
01/31/2011 10:05:40 PM PST by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: allmendream
I have always blamed the Normans for not finishing the damn Crusades properly. The entire region would be better off if the present King of Spain, who is the legitimate heir to the Crusader kingdom, were in charge.
And where are the Normans now that we need them to sort the bloody pagans out again? Looking down their long noses as they putter about England, France and Italy? No wonder the world is such a mess. Time to go a-Viking, boys!
18 posted on
02/01/2011 6:33:08 AM PST by
Kenny Bunk
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