Crusaders may have brought garden culture and song from the East

Evidence

It may well be that the peculiar value set on gardens in the later Middle Ages is a legacy of the Crusaders, who also appear to have brought back the arts of lyric poetry and song from the Middle East. It was in this diminutive meadow then, behind the protective wall of the castle, that the troubadour art flourished, and the voices of the birds were often woven into their songs. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 379

Categorization

• QUESTION: Is this Crusader-origin thesis of medieval gardens well supported by later scholarship?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 379
• XREF: connects to: The Silk Princess story illustrates a cultural exchange from East to West. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 789; The East and West have coexisted in conflict and cooperation, not eternal clash — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 97

Broader Connections

• The Silk Princess story illustrates a cultural exchange from East to West. #exemplifies (0.70) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 789