AN N EA 10W Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ayyubid Dynasty, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Christian Topography
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Church of the hs been destroyed on a number of occasions prior to the crusaders. But they invested in refurbishing the church and giving it a new entrance. Crusader will also develop their own traditions. Crusaders discover splinters of the true cross in the church of the hs: when clearing out chapel of helena, taking into battle to parade them. Like how the ark of the covenant was taken in battle before too. Nail and hammer of the cross located in bethlehem. Skeletons of abraham, isaac, and jacob found in hebron and displayed by crusaders until 14th century. Difficult to encourage western christians to remain: western christians arrived and would rather go back because more beautiful and less stench/slaughters, or live along the coast (tyre, etc. , not enough crusader bodies to remove the dead bodies. Maybe because of this reason that the crusader period was short lived.
