The Crusades were framed as a militaristic pilgrimage against Islamic advance
Evidence
With this, Pope Urban II backed the reconquista or the re-conquering of Spain (c.1000 Ce) as well as sanctioning the liberation of Italy and Sicily in 1061. Ten years later, the Byzantine empire’s Alexus I called on the Vatican and the entire roman Christendom to unite and mobilise against the advancing Abbasid armies. The Vatican agreed and called upon Christians to undertake a ‘militaristic pilgrimage’ – popularly known as the Crusades – to defeat the burgeoning Muslim armies and free the holy city of Jerusalem. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 172
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The Crusades were less coherent religious triumph than convenient enemy-making; The Crusades as holy triumph is a myth masking internal massacres — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 173; Islamophobia has been present in Western discourse since the Middle Ages, when negative stereotypes about Muslims helped build support for the Crusades and rationalized European colonial domination. — What Is Islamophobia?
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