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Hi y'all. Let me offer a short Friday night reading list on the #crusades.

You need some good introductory texts. I love Jonathan Phillips' Holy Warriors as my western intro book, and Paul Cobb's Race for Paradise for an Islamic perspective. They're great.
Get Jay Rubenstein's Armies of Heaven for an extremely readable account of the apocalyptic First Crusade. And then get his Nebuchadnezzar's Dream for an excellent academic account of the apocalyptic aspects of the 12th and 13th century crusades.
I think @WilliamPurkis 's Crusading Spirituality in the Holy Land and Iberia is an absolute must read masterpiece.

Katherine Allen Smith's The Bible and Crusade Narrative in the 12th Century is SO GOOD and will transform the way you think of crusade chronicles.
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Real reasons for #conflict are buried in history & intermittently ooze out like hot lava from fissures. #Europe's been an active conflict zone for long born out of a stiff #RomanHangover ever since the #Empire collapsed.#Theopolitics is 1 ingredient in its conflict cocktail
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Conflict in #Europe has to be understood in that context before jumping in & taking sides. Colonial times afforded no option & the world got involved twice converting #EuropeanConflict's into #WorldWar's. Many unconcerned died. India lost many braves from #Gallipoli to #Siam
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#Ukraine is the latest in a tiring list & has many players beyond just army & politicians. Eastern Orthodox Church, Greek Catholic Church, Patriarchies of Moscow, Constantinople & Kyiv & that west & east of #Dnieper think differently.. all making up the hidden factors
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The Military and Hospitaller #orderofStLazarus has a green #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller as it’s symbol - pictured are the three ‘pretending’ Grand Masters. ImageImage
#OrderofStsMauriceandLazarus has a #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitallers and is headed by Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Knight of the #SovereignMilitaryOrderofMalta freemason & head of #HouseofSavoy ImageImage
USA (1) #President Ronald Reagan says the Order of Malta “speaks to the ENTIRE EBB & FLOW of Western civilization” when receiving the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller via the American branch of #SovereignMilitaryOrderofMalta #CatholicChurch #HolySee
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A thread on an important symbol: the #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller and it’s use in #definingpower #elite #networks #deepstate #worldgovernment
The #maltesecross of the #KnightsHospitaller are displayed by the Order of St John, Royal Victorian Order & Order of the Bath (GCB) - dynastic orders / orders of chivalry in the UK honours system. ImageImageImageImage
The last 8 Lord Mayor’s of the City of London Corporation, all Knights in the Order of St John - the British branch of the #knightshospitaller

The city brands itself as the oldest continuous municipal ‘democracy’ and serves as the model for the British Parliament. ImageImage
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