The Crusades: The World's Debate AUTH-132874 yet we know less about

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The Crusades: The World's Debate AUTH-132874 yet we know less aboutHilaire Belloc (1870 1953) one of the most prominent Catholic authors of his time gives a common sense explanation of why the Crusades were necessary, and why they ultimately failed. He argues that the personal and strategic failings of the First Crusade's leaders led to the establishment of a state that could not be sustained, and that the absence of such a state left Europe vulnerable to Islamic aggression for centuries afterward. Writing in 1937,