Snake Featherston
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3) I disagree. There are elements that unite these states but I personally have a knee-jerk reflex against sweeping cultural generalizations. I would state also that Muslim states tended to be run by monarchs in it for their dynastic patrimonies more than religion just like their Christian neighbors and historians on both sides grossly exaggerate the influence of religion on any of those men.
5) Well, one of the big criticisms of that then and now was that it was less a crusade than a power-grab by the King of France.
7) In some of the northern and western regions there were outbreaks of pogroms, yes, though less commonly than elsewhere. Too, the official policy of the monarchies was to protect Jews but the weakness of royal government meant this did not always work. It worked to a greater extent in France and England than it did elsewhere, however, because the royal governments there were stronger. I would view the pogroms against Jews in Muslim states as outbreaks of populist-religious demagoguery but it happened less commonly in those states not from goodwill so much as that Muslim state institutions were stronger and more efficient than Christian ones and better able to rein in the violence.
5) Well, one of the big criticisms of that then and now was that it was less a crusade than a power-grab by the King of France.
7) In some of the northern and western regions there were outbreaks of pogroms, yes, though less commonly than elsewhere. Too, the official policy of the monarchies was to protect Jews but the weakness of royal government meant this did not always work. It worked to a greater extent in France and England than it did elsewhere, however, because the royal governments there were stronger. I would view the pogroms against Jews in Muslim states as outbreaks of populist-religious demagoguery but it happened less commonly in those states not from goodwill so much as that Muslim state institutions were stronger and more efficient than Christian ones and better able to rein in the violence.