Summary of Raymond Ibrahim's Defenders of the West

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#1 Jerusalem, where Christ was crucified, buried, and resurrected, was the center of pilgrimage in the fourth century. In the 330s, Constantine the Great ordered the construction of the Holy Sepulchre, a massive temple complex over the site of Christ’s burial.

#2 The Seljuk Turks rose to power in Afghanistan and eastern Iran in the 1040s, and invaded Syria. They called on their followers to run through the countryside day and night, slaying the Christians and not sparing any mercy on the Roman nation.

#3 The First Crusade was called by Pope Urban II in 1095 to help defend the Eastern Christians who were being attacked by Muslims.

#4 Urban II, the pope, called on the European knights to travel to Jerusalem and help defend fellow Christians and liberate the Sepulchre of Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350016154

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Jerusalem, where Christ was crucified, buried, and resurrected, was the center of pilgrimage in the fourth century. In the 330s, Constantine the Great ordered the construction of the Holy Sepulchre, a massive temple complex over the site of Christ’s burial.

#2

The Seljuk Turks rose to power in Afghanistan and eastern Iran in the 1040s, and invaded Syria. They called on their followers to run through the countryside day and night, slaying the Christians and not sparing any mercy on the Roman nation.

#3

The First Crusade was called by Pope Urban II in 1095 to help defend the Eastern Christians who were being attacked by Muslims.

#4

Urban II, the pope, called on the European knights to travel to Jerusalem and help defend fellow Christians and liberate the Sepulchre of Christ.

#5

Godfrey of Bouillon was a Duke who led the First Crusade. He was born around 1060 in territory that is now northeast France or Belgium. He was fluent in eleventh century German and French, and he was strong beyond compare.

#6

Godfrey was a very peaceful person, but when war was declared, he was brutally fierce. He was among the first nobles to take the cross in 1095, six years after the fierce display during the Great Saxon Revolt.

#7

The First Crusade was led by Godfrey of Bouillon, who along with his brother Baldwin sold most of their lands and properties to fund the expedition. They were among the first lords to arrive at Constantinople in late 1096.

#8

After the emperor and Crusaders came to terms, Godfrey was the first to leave Constantinople and enter into the lion’s den - Asia Minor, which had been ravaged and conquered by the Turks. He sent ahead three thousand men with axes and swords to cut and clear a road to Nicaea.

#9

The siege of Nicaea, which was the first ecumenical council, was brutal, but the Turks held their own. The Muslims were eventually defeated by the Crusader army under the command of Raymond of Toulouse.

#10

The Battle of Nicaea marked the end of the First Crusade and the beginning of the Ottoman Empire. The Turks had terrorized the Eastern Christian population of Anatolia, and the Europeans had willingly marched into their hands for the same treatment.

#11

The first pitched battle between the Crusaders and Turks was at Dorylaeum in 1097. The Europeans first experienced the Turkic way of war at Dorylaeum, as the Turkish army consisted of light cavalry that galloped around, avoiding what the Europeans sought and excelled at.

#12

After Dorylaeum, the Crusaders marched largely unopposed for three months. The Turks turned to more ignoble tactics. They stripped the churches and stole