Hi to all on PF ,
Time to have a look at another release , this is one which we have seen 2 wonderful versions of recently on PF ..one we will include in this Review ..the box art from Sergey Popoovichenko, the other was a Warior Monk version by Brian .
What are we looking at this tim it is of course the latest from the stable of El Greco Miniatures , those that went to Euro would have had great difficulty getting to their stand they were always surrounded !!!!
The bust depicts a Crusader knight gripping a wooden cross in fevour of his dedication to rid the Holy land of the infidels .
The title used is "Deus Vult" which according to my Latin references means "Gods wills it" and was the shout of the people at the declaration of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095.
Also included in the title is Milites Christi (Latin for "Soldier of Christ") , at the time of the 1st Crusade they were dedicated to the fight in the name of God , nowadays Miles Christi is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in 1984 by Fr. Roberto Juan Yannuzzi in Argentina.
Since the time of Constintine Christians had gone on pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Even though Moslems had ruled Jerusalem since 638, Christians were still allowed to visit the city. By the 11th century, however, the situation had changed. Just as the number and frequency of pilgrimages to Jerusalem was at new peaks, the Seljuk Turks took over control of Jerusalem and prevented pilgrimages.
The 1st Crusade
Pope Urban II (1088-1099) was responsible for assisting Emperor Alexus I (1081-1118) of Constantinople in launching the first crusade. He made one of the most influential speeches in the Middle Ages, calling on Christian princes in Europe to go on a crusade to rescue the Holy Land from the Turks. In the speech given at the Council of Clermont in France, on November 27, 1095, he combined the ideas of making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with that of waging a holy war against infidels.
"Deus vult! (God wills it) became the battle cry of the Crusader.
"The day after Urban's speech, the Council formally granted all the privileges and protections Urban had promised. The red cross was taken as the official sign of the pilgrims, and Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy was chosen as papal legate and the spiritual leader of the expedition."2
The First Crusade was the most successful from a military point of view. Accounts of this action are shocking. For example, historian Raymond of Agiles described the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099:
Some of the results of the first crusade were not expected. Alexus I thought that the Byzantine territories would be returned to him and the Eastern Empire, but instead the European conquerors established four independent Latin kingdoms. In addition, three military orders (Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights) came into power. The stated purpose of these orders was to protect pilgrims and holy sites.
The 7 major Crusades were:
1. 1095-1099, called by Pope Urban II and led by Peter the Hermit, Walter the Penniless, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin and Eustace of Flanders,
2. 1147-49, headed by King Louis VII who was enlisted by Bernard of Clairvaux, was a disastrous failure, including the loss of one of the four Latin Kingdoms, the Duchy of Edessa;
3. 1188-92, proclaimed by Pope Gregory VIII in the wake of the catastrophe of the second crusade, which conducted by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, King Philip Augustus of France and King Richard "Coeur-de-Lion" of England;
4. during which Constantinople was sacked, 1202-1204
5. which included the conquest of Damietta, 1217-1221
6. in which Frederick II took part (1228-29); also Thibaud de Champagne and Richard of Cornwall (1239)
7. led by St. Louis (Louis IX of France), 1248-50
All the crusades were fought with such vigor in horrific conditions not only of battle but of disease often causing as much death as the fighting .
There is of course much literature to delve into , a couple that I have found useful include:
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Continued in next post:
Nap
Time to have a look at another release , this is one which we have seen 2 wonderful versions of recently on PF ..one we will include in this Review ..the box art from Sergey Popoovichenko, the other was a Warior Monk version by Brian .
What are we looking at this tim it is of course the latest from the stable of El Greco Miniatures , those that went to Euro would have had great difficulty getting to their stand they were always surrounded !!!!
The bust depicts a Crusader knight gripping a wooden cross in fevour of his dedication to rid the Holy land of the infidels .
The title used is "Deus Vult" which according to my Latin references means "Gods wills it" and was the shout of the people at the declaration of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095.
Also included in the title is Milites Christi (Latin for "Soldier of Christ") , at the time of the 1st Crusade they were dedicated to the fight in the name of God , nowadays Miles Christi is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in 1984 by Fr. Roberto Juan Yannuzzi in Argentina.
Since the time of Constintine Christians had gone on pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Even though Moslems had ruled Jerusalem since 638, Christians were still allowed to visit the city. By the 11th century, however, the situation had changed. Just as the number and frequency of pilgrimages to Jerusalem was at new peaks, the Seljuk Turks took over control of Jerusalem and prevented pilgrimages.
The 1st Crusade
Pope Urban II (1088-1099) was responsible for assisting Emperor Alexus I (1081-1118) of Constantinople in launching the first crusade. He made one of the most influential speeches in the Middle Ages, calling on Christian princes in Europe to go on a crusade to rescue the Holy Land from the Turks. In the speech given at the Council of Clermont in France, on November 27, 1095, he combined the ideas of making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with that of waging a holy war against infidels.
"Deus vult! (God wills it) became the battle cry of the Crusader.
"The day after Urban's speech, the Council formally granted all the privileges and protections Urban had promised. The red cross was taken as the official sign of the pilgrims, and Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy was chosen as papal legate and the spiritual leader of the expedition."2
The First Crusade was the most successful from a military point of view. Accounts of this action are shocking. For example, historian Raymond of Agiles described the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099:
Some of our men cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them longer by casting them into the flames. Piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets of the city. It was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of men and horses. But these were small matters compared to what happened at the temple of Solomon, a place where religious services ware ordinarily chanted. What happened there? If I tell the truth, it will exceed your powers of belief. So let it suffice to say this much at least, that in the temple and portico of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.
Some of the results of the first crusade were not expected. Alexus I thought that the Byzantine territories would be returned to him and the Eastern Empire, but instead the European conquerors established four independent Latin kingdoms. In addition, three military orders (Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights) came into power. The stated purpose of these orders was to protect pilgrims and holy sites.
The 7 major Crusades were:
1. 1095-1099, called by Pope Urban II and led by Peter the Hermit, Walter the Penniless, Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin and Eustace of Flanders,
2. 1147-49, headed by King Louis VII who was enlisted by Bernard of Clairvaux, was a disastrous failure, including the loss of one of the four Latin Kingdoms, the Duchy of Edessa;
3. 1188-92, proclaimed by Pope Gregory VIII in the wake of the catastrophe of the second crusade, which conducted by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, King Philip Augustus of France and King Richard "Coeur-de-Lion" of England;
4. during which Constantinople was sacked, 1202-1204
5. which included the conquest of Damietta, 1217-1221
6. in which Frederick II took part (1228-29); also Thibaud de Champagne and Richard of Cornwall (1239)
7. led by St. Louis (Louis IX of France), 1248-50
All the crusades were fought with such vigor in horrific conditions not only of battle but of disease often causing as much death as the fighting .
There is of course much literature to delve into , a couple that I have found useful include:
Continued in next post:
Nap
