Comments by "João Rita" (@jlvfr) on "Medieval Crusader Describes the Chaos, Violence (and Cannibalism) of the First Crusade (1096)" video.

@vintagepipesnightmares these are western translations of ancient texts. Inevitably something will be lost, or sound similar.
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"Ilustrious deeds of the francs" Proceeds to relate canibalism...
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@vintagepipesnightmares my point is that the priest is not refering to a country called Romania, but to a generic cultural region, the same way that we have a Germania long before there was a Germany.
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@johnconstantine7442 possibly it was previously used to name a generic cultural area that includes modern Romania?
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@Prometheus4096 "got off easy"... yes... mass murder, rape, looting... "got off easy", you're right... and ofc the canibalism was their fault! How dare they not to simply die before the mighty crusaders and actually defend themselves...
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