The irenic philosopher Llull ended up advocating outright Christian piracy

Evidence

I will not go into the details of the different military strategies (by land and by sea) that Llull recommends. I note, however, that in his chapter “De Almirallia” he advocates the prohibition of all maritime trade with Muslim lands; the admiral of the crusading king’s fleet is to capture any Genoese, Catalan, or other Christian ship that attempts to brave this interdict. Moreover, the crusading fleet is to conduct raids all along the North African coast, capturing castles, sacking towns, and so on, thus destabilizing the region, making the coast uninhabitable. The author of the irenic dialogue of the Libre del gentil has become the advocate of Christian piracy. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1340 (#expands, via linked claim)

So many knights and noble princes had gone to the land beyond the sea, O Lord, to conquer it, that if this manner would have pleased You, surely they would have wrested it from the Saracens who hold it against our will. This indicates, O Lord, to the holy monks that You hope every day that they do out of love for You what You did out of love for them; and they can be sure and certain that should they throw themselves into martyrdom out of love for You, You shall hear them out in all they want to accomplish in this world in order to give praise to You. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1298 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Llull’s apparent evenhandedness masks a strategic defense of Christianity; Llull’s apparent neutrality encodes Christian triumphalism through planted arguments; Ramon Llull’s later crusade treatise endorsed Christian piracy and raiding — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1340 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Ramon Llull’s later crusade treatise endorsed Christian piracy and raiding #expands (0.97) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1340
• Ramon Llull sought common ground before attacking in religious dialogue #complicates (0.85)
• Llull argued crusade failure itself proved God rejected the military method #complicates (0.82) — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1298