Lessons of the Crusades

Presented By
Brian L. Steed

The Islamic State, or ISIS, refers to its enemies as Roman crusaders, and the notion of the Western world imposing its will on the Middle East is often characterized as crusader-like. The rhetoric and imagery encourage the region’s inhabitants to recall the mythology and history of suffering inflicted on Islam by Christian Crusaders of the Middle and Late Middle Ages.
 
Brian L. Steed, a military historian at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, examines that period and the insight it provides into the conflict burning across the Middle East today. He looks, in particular, at the defining Battle of the Horns of Hattin in northern Palestine, which saw the defeat and annihilation of the Crusader armies of Guy de Lusignan, king of Jerusalem, by Muslim forces in 1187.

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Lessons of the Crusades

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Reception: 6 pm
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Adults