Palio - "I have an advocate with the Father in heaven" -  Reconquista granted to be crusade  Bernard of Clairvaux   Elsid - Alfondo the Brave, united Spain. Emperor, almohads invaded and took Spain (West African). Elsie fought back. Kingdom of ... South Spain, reonconqured much land. reinvigorated.  He was like King Arthur. Richard Lion heart used to be appreciated like King Arthur,  Sultan rejected Richard Lionhearted...  Peasant soldiers surrounded by Muslim soldiers,  Fighting a hoard of fighters. Saludin saw the king rescuing his soldiers  Saladin, was brutal. romantic versions. Richard killed the prisoners, using his own people to slow down Richard's army, as bait and fodder.   Hear two side of the story -  Read the original sources. Crhonicles of the crusades. letters, witnesses, journals, artwork,  Chronicle of crusades mamorot (written in France, in 15th century) just before the reformation.   Antioch conquered... exhausted, outnumbered by Muslim army approaching. They are praying and fasting. Lance that had pierced Christ, they found it, and empowered. Went to win the battle.   Eye witness accounts... very different from what you hear today. Education tells us It was all evil, without thinking.  Why not hear (read) what people   Miracles of encroaugements - after Antioch, christians from history came to encourage them. The bible tells us God fight for His people. They believed the God of Bible   You don't want to be against him, but if you are for him he is so for you.