They cut open the navels of those whom they have captured, pull out their entrails, and tie them to a stake, and then beat them until their entrails are all drawn forth.
Launched the First Crusade
They cut open the navels of those whom they have captured, pull out their entrails, and tie them to a stake, and then beat them until their entrails are all drawn forth.
Launched the First Crusade
Speech at the Council of Clermont, as recorded by Fulcher of Chartres (This detail is considered highly exaggerated and likely propaganda)
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