Someone’s gotta pay, the Venetian shipping ain’t free.
lxngten on
But hey why let friendly fire hold you down from a good crusade
/S
Worth_Package8563 on
For crusaders the holy land was everywhere
lifasannrottivaetr on
Payback for being fucking useless on the First Crusade.
HolyNewGun on
There would be no 4th Crusade had the Greeks not sabotaged the 3rd one.
MonstrousPudding on
“We do as Venetian guides us”
a_m_k2018 on
Yay, another post for misinformed people to comment about the 4th crusade!!!
MasterpieceVirtual66 on
I still think daily about all the monuments and art pieces that were destroyed. The ancient statues of mythical Greek and Roman figures such as Herakles, Skylla, the beautiful Helen and the she-wolf that raised Romulus and Remus, all melted for coins. The holy images and crosses of Constantinople’s countless churches melted for their silver and gold. The Crown of Thorns of Jesus Christ Himself stolen. The Church of the Holy Apostles ransacked. The tombs of all Roman Emperors since Constantine the Great desecrated and defiled… and I could go on and on… But I think this quote from Niketas Choniates describes best the morality of these Crusaders:
“But the gold-madness of these men does not allow me to conceive and utter such a thing, for that madness was the reason why rare and excellent works of art everywhere were given over to total destruction. Nor can I speak of their frequent selling and sending away of their women for a few coins while they attended the gambling tables and were engrossed at draughts all day long, or, being eager to engage, not in acts of prudent courage, but in irrational and mad assaults against one another, they donned the arms of Ares and set up as the prize of victory all their belongings, even their wedded wives”
Nutshack_Queen357 on
Part of it was to rob them of their money, and part of it was that Catholics thought the Orthodox folks weren’t “true” Christians anyway.
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Someone’s gotta pay, the Venetian shipping ain’t free.
But hey why let friendly fire hold you down from a good crusade
/S
For crusaders the holy land was everywhere
Payback for being fucking useless on the First Crusade.
There would be no 4th Crusade had the Greeks not sabotaged the 3rd one.
“We do as Venetian guides us”
Yay, another post for misinformed people to comment about the 4th crusade!!!
I still think daily about all the monuments and art pieces that were destroyed. The ancient statues of mythical Greek and Roman figures such as Herakles, Skylla, the beautiful Helen and the she-wolf that raised Romulus and Remus, all melted for coins. The holy images and crosses of Constantinople’s countless churches melted for their silver and gold. The Crown of Thorns of Jesus Christ Himself stolen. The Church of the Holy Apostles ransacked. The tombs of all Roman Emperors since Constantine the Great desecrated and defiled… and I could go on and on… But I think this quote from Niketas Choniates describes best the morality of these Crusaders:
“But the gold-madness of these men does not allow me to conceive and utter such a thing, for that madness was the reason why rare and excellent works of art everywhere were given over to total destruction. Nor can I speak of their frequent selling and sending away of their women for a few coins while they attended the gambling tables and were engrossed at draughts all day long, or, being eager to engage, not in acts of prudent courage, but in irrational and mad assaults against one another, they donned the arms of Ares and set up as the prize of victory all their belongings, even their wedded wives”
Part of it was to rob them of their money, and part of it was that Catholics thought the Orthodox folks weren’t “true” Christians anyway.
“Is friendly fire on?”
“I’ll check”
The new CK3 dlc has me like this lmao