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>french conquer Jerusalem from poorly organised Muslims
>completely ignore that after they always got btfo every other crusade with some exceptions
Why are the crusades so overrated?
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>>179396
>French strength 15,000
>Muslim strength unknown
>Muslim losses 10,000
Can easily deduce they had over 30,000 men
For an fan of the Ottoman Empire (whose entire military history consisted of such "victories" among many shameful defeats) that would look like an epic victory, but for the rest of the world not so much
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>>1793989
The king got captured, doesn't matter if it's an """"le epic victory"""". It's a massive embarrassment and the enemy now has leverage over the war
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>>1793962
19th century romantic medievalism treated the crusaders as heroes while ignoring the failures
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>>1794017
Tbf Richard didn't fail militarily.
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>>1793962
>Ayy
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