Were the Crusades Defensive? - A Response to Steven Crowder

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From the confines of YouTube a horrible tale has gone forth... For the sake of the Flying Spaghettimonster, do your homework! Three Arrows debunks the tale, and there's not much left.

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Jonathan Phillips - Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2010)

Thomas Asbridge - The First Crusade: A New History (2005)

Thomas Asbridge - The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land (2011)

Thomas F. Madden - The Concise History of the Crusades (2013)

Susanna A. Throop - Crusading as an Act of Vengeance, 1095–1216 (2016)

Toby E. Huff - The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China, and the West (2017)

Jonathan Riley-Smith - Crusading as an Act of Love (1980)

BadHistory Thread on Bill Warners Lecture:  https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/1ocyxr/review_why_we_are_afraid_a_1400_year_secret_by_dr/