French crusade epic imagined sacrificing for conquest of Mecca and its idol’s treasure

Evidence

In the Chanson de Jérusalem, Godfrey of Bouillon swears that he will conquer Mecca and take the golden candelabra that stand before the idol of Mahon (La Chanson de Jérusalem. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1711

Categorization

• XREF: Further instance of the ‘idol of Mahon’ trope deployed at epic scale — reinforces vault grounding that the idolatry-of-Islam theme pervaded even the geographic fantasy of conquering Mecca.