{"id":7446,"date":"2026-04-10T21:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/without-order\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:49:54","slug":"without-order","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/en\/without-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Without order"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When there was not yet order, nor any Rule\u2026

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Not all stories begin in order.
This small handwritten manuscript, written at the beginning of the 18th century, looks back on the First Crusade \u2014
a time in which many set out, burning with faith, yet without unity, without leadership.
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On these pages we do not read a tale of heroes, but what came before: confusion, division, and the absence of structure.
Page by page, an image unfolds here of a world still searching \u2014 for direction, for authority\u2026 for order. <\/p>

What you see here is not a typical explanatory page. Before you lies a French manuscript from the year 1705, in which an unknown author \u2014 we believe a monk \u2014 reflects on the early developments leading up to the First Crusade. A small manuscript \u2014 with a great story.
On this page, the text is revealed step by step. <\/p>

Per page you will find:
\u2013 on the left: a transcription of the original Old French text
\u2013 on the right: a translation into clear, accessible English
\u2013 below: a brief interpretation and explanation<\/p>

The complete text is not presented all at once, but unfolds in sections of five pages.
Between these sections, markers in time indicate how the story develops.
The manuscript consists of a total of 126 pages.
The full text is not published at once, but grows over time \u2014 page by page. <\/p>

Each Friday, we continue along the path of the First Crusade \u2014
with Godfrey of Bouillon, with Peter the Hermit,
we hear Pope Urban II, we travel to Constantinople, to Emperor Alexius\u2026
and so on \u2014 step by step \u2014 towards the goal.
The story will continue to unfold for those who return.<\/p>

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Author\u2019s note: a brief summary of the history of the Holy War.
This is the beginning of the Crusade: how Godfrey of Bouillon took Jerusalem and was proclaimed king \u2014 yet refused the title.
On July 15, in the year of Our Lord 1099, on a Friday, at the very hour that Christ gave up His spirit.
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L\u2019origine des Turcs les Turcs \u00e9toient une nations qui habitoit ci devant
dans une isle, qui se nomoit
Sarmadia Assiatica. Est de l\u00e0 ils se sont retirez dans un endroit qui se nome la Mar\u00e9e Caspium, o\u00f9 cette
endroit porte encore le Nom aujourd\u2019huy Turquestan, l\u00e0 ces peuples s\u2019entretenoient seulement de ce qu\u2019ils y eslioient. Sur tout quand ils se fesoit quelque desordre
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The Turks were a people who once lived on an island,
called Sarmadia Asiatica.
From there, they withdrew
to a region near what is called the Caspian Sea,
where that land still bears the name Turkestan.
There, these people concerned themselves only
with what they cultivated and produced.*
Especially when unrest arose
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\u2026dans les Royaumes voisins
Ils prenoient le parti de servir en qualit\u00e9 de Soldats. Ils s\u2019entretenoient seulement
du pillage qu\u2019ils rapportoient dans leur territoire. Dans le tems de l\u2019Empereur Otto 3. ce peuple ont est\u00e9 pris \u00e0 la solde par Mahomel, qui \u00e9toit Sultan Sarasin dans la Perse, dont l\u2019on \u00e9toit en guerre contre les Babyl- loniens, qui les appella
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\u2026in the neighbouring kingdoms, they chose to serve as soldiers. They lived solely from the plunder which they carried back to their own territory. In the time of Emperor Otto III,
this people was taken into service by Mahomel (Mahomet \/ Mohammed),
who was a Sultan and Saracen in Persia, where war was being waged against the Babylonians, who had called upon them for aid.
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\u201cMahomel\u201d \u2192 likely a French form of Mahomet, meaning Mohammed.
It may also refer to a later Islamic ruler; the context develops further on.
Otto III reigned from 983\u20131002 \u2192 thus before the Crusades. The author appears to describe an early origin of Turkish soldiers in Persian service.
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\u2026de la Campagne ils n\u2019ont point voulu cesser ny retourner dans leur isle d\u2019o\u00f9 ils \u00e9toit venu, tant que cette nation \u00e9toient esfarouch\u00e9s et alter\u00e9s du sang humain et la guerre ne cessa qu\u2019aux
que le Roi de Perse et le Sultan de Babylone fut vaincu dont ils ont in-
corpor\u00e9 ces deux Royaumes la Perse et Babilone, dans la Syrie et la Palestine dont Jerusalem \u00e9toit de la d\u00e9pen-
dance, se voyant aussi puissant\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u2026after the campaign they did not wish to cease nor return to the island from which they had come, because this people had become so wild and thirsty for human blood. The war only ended when the king of Persia and the sultan of Babylon had been defeated, after which they incorporated these two kingdoms, Persia and Babylon, into Syria and Palestine, upon which Jerusalem depended.
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Page 3:\u00a0 The author here follows a (legendary) origin story of the Turks, in which they depart from an \u201cAsian island\u201d \u2192 move to the region around the Caspian Sea \u2192 then fight as mercenaries \u2192 and ultimately conquer Persia and Babylon, expanding into Syria & Palestine.
This is, of course, not a historically accurate reconstruction, but rather the well-known 17th\u201318th century European tradition of \u201cTurkish origin\u201d narratives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Puissants ils ne se sont pas contants de cette belle conqu\u00eate, ils ont encore envahi, per, dans la petite Asie, o\u00f9
estoit le grand et renomm\u00e9 Sultan Solimans, ils lui ont pris le Royaume
de Pontume, auquel ils ont donn\u00e9 le nom d\u2019Turcomanian, et la Capadoc, la Bithiniem et firent la guerre jusqu\u2019au
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Powerful as they were, they were not satisfied with this great conquest; they advanced into Asia Minor, where the great and renowned Sultan Soliman reigned; they took from him the kingdom of Pontus, to which they gave the name Turkomania, as well as Cappadocia and Bithynia, and they waged war until the time of Emperor Henry IV, establishing their residence in Nicaea in the year 1081.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Page 4: Soliman \/ Solimans<\/strong>
This refers to Suleiman ibn Qutulmish \u2192 better known as Suleiman I of R\u00fbm, founder of the Seljuk Sultanate of R\u00fbm.
Historically, this is accurate: he conquered parts of Asia Minor, including Nicaea.<\/p>

Nicaea (Nicaea \/ Iznik)<\/strong>
Became a Turkish capital in 1081 \u2192 correctly dated.<\/p>

Henry IV (Heinrich IV)<\/strong>
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1056\u20131105).
The author uses him as a time marker \u2192 shortly before the First Crusade.<\/p>

Pontus \/ Cappadocia \/ Bithynia<\/strong>
Historical regions in Asia Minor.<\/p>

Turcomanian \u2192 Turcomania<\/strong>
A term used in older European sources for regions where Turkish nomads (Turkmen) settled.<\/p>

This page therefore describes how the Turks \u2014 after their conquests in Persia\/Mesopotamia \u2014 moved further towards Asia Minor under Suleiman, establishing Nicaea as their capital.<\/p>

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C\u2019est l\u00e0 o\u00f9 Mahomet a \u00e9tabli une Loi \u00e0 son nom, qui subsiste encore aujourd\u2019huy et a quitt\u00e9 celle de Sarasin ou Greque, mais ils n\u2019ont pas quitt\u00e9 leurs mauvaises inclinations Barbare et Tyranne, c\u2019est pourquoi que les Chr\u00e9tiens qui \u00e9toient sous leurs Domination avoient beaucoup \u00e0 Souffrir, bien plus que quand ils \u00e9toient
Sarasin.
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It was there that Mohammed established a law in his name, which still exists today, and through which they abandoned the former law of the Saracens or the Greeks.
But they did not abandon their evil, barbaric and tyrannical inclinations;
therefore the Christians who lived under their rule suffered greatly \u2014 even more than when they were still Saracens.
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The author makes a distinction \u2192 before: \u201csarazin ou greque\u201d (that is: earlier Eastern religions\/cultures) \u2192 after: Islamic law (\u201cLoi \u00e0 son nom\u201d).
Describing Islam as \u201cestablished by Mohammed\u201d is typical of the pre-Enlightenment mindset:
\u2192 Islam = a divisive innovation \u2192 departure from the older world order
Lead-up to the pilgrims \u2192 Pierre l\u2019Hermite \u2192 Crusade
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\u201camong the great number of pilgrims who travelled daily\u2026\u201d
An introduction to:
\u2192 pilgrims are mistreated \u2192 Europe reacts \u2192 Crusade
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d\u2019Occident \u00e0 la terre Sainte
dont entre autre il s\u2019y trouva un Religieux qui se nomoit Pierre l\u2019Hermite, il \u00e9toit l\u2019ermite d\u2019Amiens, qui fit plusieurs fois le voyage de la
terre Sainte dont il vit la miserable situation o\u00f9 les Chr\u00e9tiens \u00e9toient, entre les mains de ces Barbares. Il prit l\u2019occasion d\u2019en parler \u00e0 Simon
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\u2026from the West to the Holy Land. Among them was a cleric named Peter the Hermit; he was the hermit of Amiens and made several journeys to the Holy Land.
There he saw the miserable condition in which the Christians lived, in the hands of these barbarians.
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1. Pierre l\u2019Hermite (Peter the Hermit)
According to medieval tradition, he played an important role in:
\u2013 witnessing the misery in the Holy Land
\u2013 stirring the crusading spirit in Europe
\u2192 initiator of the Crusade

\u2022 \u2192 The situation is severe \u2192 Christians = suffering, innocent
\u2192 Muslims = cruel, barbaric (note: this reflects the medieval source perspective)
\u2192 A holy man sees this
\u2192 He cannot remain silent
\u2192 He acts \u2192 contact \u2192 consultation \u2192 action

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cette affaire, qu\u2019il eut seulement la bont\u00e9 d\u2019en \u00e9crire au Pape, de le faire \u00e0 savoir aux Princes de l\u2019Europe que pour lui de son c\u00f4t\u00e9 il se portoit fort d\u2019exciter les Courones de l\u2019Occidentet de faire une exp\u00e9dition contre les Turcs et de conqu\u00e9rir la terre Sainte.
Le Pape Urbain 2 se signala de tenir un Congr\u00e9 \u00e0 Piacenza par l\u2019avis de
l\u2019Empereur Henri IV l\u00e0 o\u00f9 tous les Embassadeurs de l\u2019Europe, m\u00eame ceux de\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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In this matter\u2026 so that he only had the kindness to write about it to the Pope,
to inform him of it, and to the princes of Europe, that for his part he was prepared to call upon the crowns of the West to undertake an expedition against the Turks
and to conquer the Holy Land.
Pope Urban II resolved to hold an assembly in Piacenza, on the advice of Emperor Henry IV, to which all the ambassadors of Europe came,
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We now find ourselves at an important historical transition:

\u2192 from Pierre the Hermit \u2192 to Pope Urban II
\u2192 the step from spiritual signal \u2192 to political action

\u2705 1. Urban II & the Council of Piacenza (March 1095)
\u00b7 the situation of Christians in the East,
\u00b7 the appeal of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I for help against the Turks.
The next council \u2014 Clermont \u2014
became the moment when the crusade was officially proclaimed.

We read:
\u00b7 The \u201cbont\u00e9\u201d \u2192 the humility of Pierre the Hermit
\u00b7 That he followed the proper path: Pope \u2192 princes
\u00b7 That the Pope acted immediately

\u2705 3. The crowns of the West \u2014 the term emphasizes that the project:
\u2192 was European & Christian \u2192 not merely French, German, etc.
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de Constantinople y ont paru, et par apr\u00e8s \u00e0 Clermont en Auvergne, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 on y tint deux Conseils tant pour tout
l\u2019\u00c9glise, que pour bien des autres chose, mais sur tout au sujet de la guerre contre ces Barbares, pour retirer la terre Sainte de leur mains.
L\u2019on a conclu d\u2019accorder une
indulgence plenierre \u00e0 tous ceux qui s\u2019offroient \u00e0 cette entreprise, mais encore tous leurs biens et leurs personnes m\u00eame sous la protection du\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u2026from Constantinople came there, and afterwards to Clermont in Auvergne, where
two councils were held, both for the whole
Church, and for many other matters,
but especially with regard to the war
against these Barbarians, in order to free the Holy Land from their hands.
It was decided to grant a full indulgence
to all those who offered themselves
for this undertaking, and moreover to place
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2 Councils:

1: March 1095 in Piacenza
2: Clermont, November 1095
The moment when Pope Urban II officially proclaimed the Crusade.
Full indulgence (indulgentia plenaria):
Whoever took part to liberate Jerusalem
\u21d2 received forgiveness of all sins

This required:
\u2192 going with pure intention
\u2192 and fighting for the Holy Sepulchre
If someone went on crusade \u2192
his family & possessions were placed under the protection of the Church

This was meant to prevent:
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du Pape et de l\u2019\u00c9glise, et tous ceux qui \u00e9toient homme de guerre ou qui savoient manier les armes, refuseroient de mettre l\u2019\u00e9p\u00e9e \u00e0 la main seroient
bannie de l\u2019\u00c9glise et m\u00eame
excommuni\u00e9.
L\u2019on donna ordre \u00e0 tous les \u00c9v\u00eaques de
donner de pr\u00eacher dans tous les
endroits de leur Dioc\u00e8se, afin d\u2019animer le peuple \u00e0 cette entreprise, et tous ceux qui auront pris la resolution de cette
exp\u00e9dition fussent marqu\u00e9 d\u2019une Croix rouge qu\u2019on leurs\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u2026by the Pope and by the Church; and all those who were warriors or who knew how to handle weapons and refused to take up the sword, would be banished from the Church and even excommunicated.
All bishops were ordered to preach throughout every part of their diocese in order to encourage the people towards this undertaking.
And all those who decided to take part in this expedition were marked with a red cross which was\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The rhetoric is: the Holy Sepulchre is so important \u2192 that whoever is able to fight but refuses \u2192 acts against God Himself.

Preaching spread throughout the entire Diocese. This was carried by: bishops, priests, and popular preachers such as Pierre l\u2019Hermite.

THE RED CROSS. The participants of the crusade received a red cross upon their clothing \/ mantle and\/or upon the shoulder.
This was the original and only official sign of the crusader \u2192 crucesignatus = \u201cmarked with the cross.\u201d
This is where the crusading identity emerged. This red cross became the origin of the word crois\u00e9 (crusader).

Note: this reflected the scholarship of 1705. Later research revealed that the red cross was only officially granted by the Pope between 1144\u20131147.
Likewise: during the time of the Crusades themselves, they did not call it a \u201cCrusade.\u201d That name was only given much later.
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attach\u00e9e sur l\u2019\u00e9paule, c\u2019est par l\u00e0 qu\u2019est devenu le nom de la Croissade.
L\u2019on ne peut exprimer l\u2019effet que ces pr\u00e9dicateurs ont op\u00e9r\u00e9 dans si peu de
tems de tous les Royaumes d\u2019Occident le peuple y accourut \u00e0 grande foule, et
receurent la marque de la croix, quelqu\u2019un d\u2019un vrai zele de voir et d\u2019adorer le vrai sepulchre de Jesus
Christ, et de le retirer des mains des infidelles\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u2026attached upon the shoulder; from this came the name \u201cCrusade.\u201d
It is impossible to describe the effect these preachers produced in such a short time throughout all the kingdoms of the West: the people came running in great crowds and received the sign of the cross.
Out of a true fire and longing
to see and venerate the true tomb of Jesus Christ
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C\u2019est par l\u00e0 qu\u2019est devenu le nom la Croissade.
\u2192 This refers to the red cross-sign
\u2192 The French word croisade comes from croix (cross)
\u2192 The bearer = crois\u00e9
Le peuple y accourut \u00e0 grande foule = the call of Urbanus II unleashed a mass movement.

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d\u2019autres par curiosit\u00e9, d\u2019autres par s\u00e9culantise, et de paresse pour \u00eatre exanter du travail et de paier leur dettes qu\u2019ils avoit fait dans leur libertinage et debauche, c\u2019est l\u00e0 ils prenoient leur pr\u00e9teste jus\u2019qua aux femmes et les
enfans qu\u2019ils ne voulurent pas \u00eatre exempt de ce voyage et hors du nombre de la croisade. Enfin que l\u2019arm\u00e9e qui
s\u2019avoit assembl\u00e9 de tous l\u2019occident comme dit de grand historiens, Wilhelin Malmesburg<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u2026others out of curiosity, others out of worldliness, or out of laziness, to be exempt from labour and to escape the debts they had accumulated through their debauchery and excess. They seized upon every pretext,
to the point that they would not even
leave women and children behind from this journey, but counted them among the numbers of the crusade. In short, the army that gathered from all the West, as great historians say, among them William of Malmesbury\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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William of Malmesbury \u2192 he (\u2020 c. 1143) was an important English chronicler. His work is one of the great Latin sources describing the Crusades.
That the writer refers to him
\u2192 shows that he bases his account upon respected tradition
\u2192 or at least seeks to connect it to recognised authority.
Note:
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Malmesbourg qui l\u2019a vu et qui \u00e9toit de ce tems l\u00e0 fait le nombre de 5 millions d\u2019\u00e2mes \u00e0 porter les Armes. Mais le malheur \u00e9toit qu\u2019 il y avoit un tr\u00e8s grand d\u00e9sordre dans tous ces diff\u00e9rentes
nations, chacun vouloit \u00eatre ma\u00eetre.
1\u00ba qu\u2019il n\u2019y avoit personne pour commander l\u2019arm\u00e9e en chef, chaque seigneur qui avoit pris la marque de la
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William of Malmesbury, who witnessed it
and who belonged to that time, says that the number of five million souls was able to bear arms.
But the misfortune was that there was great
disorder among all these different nations, for each man wanted to be master.
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\u2022 Godfrey of Bouillon
\u2022 Raymond of Toulouse
\u2022 Bohemond
\u2022 Tancred
\u2022 Robert of Normandy
etc.
\u2192 each had his own troops
\u2192 there was no central command
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ce qu\u2019il jugeo\u00eet \u00e0 propos, quoique la plus grande autorit\u00e9 avoit \u00e9t\u00e9 donn\u00e9e en
mains de GottFroi de Bouillon, mais il n\u2019avoit pas le commandement en Chef, mais seulement comme premier
Conseiller de guerre.
2\u00bame \u00e9toit que l\u2019on ne s\u2019entreparloit pas l\u2019un et l\u2019autre comment ou quand l\u2019on commencerout la guerre contre les Turcs, mais chacun faisoit comme bon lui sembloit \u00e0 la garde de Dieu.\u201c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201c…what he considered good, although the highest authority had been placed in the hands of Godfrey of Bouillon, yet he did not hold supreme command; he was merely regarded as the first
counsellor of war.
The second point was that they did not consult one another about how or when they should begin the war against the Turks; rather, each man did what seemed right to him, under the protection of God.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Godfrey of Bouillon
Here, something very interesting is being said \u2192 he possessed the highest authority, but not supreme command.<\/p>

Historically, this is correct: there was no official supreme commander. Godfrey was regarded as primus inter pares \u2014 \u201cfirst among equals.\u201d His prestige was immense, yet he did not possess absolute power.<\/p>

He is described here as premier conseiller de guerre \u2014 \u201cfirst counsellor of war.\u201d In other words, he is portrayed as:
\u2192 a moral leader
\u2192 not a military dictator.
Godfrey is therefore presented as humble, pious, and serving rather than ruling.<\/p>

Later chronicles would portray him almost as a saint, and this manuscript fits well within that tradition.<\/p>

\u201c\u2026they did not speak together about how or when they would begin\u2026\u201d \u2192 this is a very accurate characterization of the early Crusade.<\/p>

\u2192 the leaders were rivals
\u2192 planning was lacking
\u2192 faith outweighed logistics
\u2192 yet everything progressed \u201cunder the protection of God\u201d
\u2192 despite human shortcomings.<\/p>

Likewise: \u201cchacun faisoit comme bon lui sembloit \u00e0 la garde de Dieu.\u201d<\/p>

\u2192 each man did as he thought best
\u2192 trusting in God
\u2192 acting freely, yet beneath God\u2019s protection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Sans savoir ce qu\u2019il avoit de soin de faire, ou de s\u2019allier avec les autres. 5\u1d49\u1d50\u1d49. Ils savoient qu\u2019ils seroient obligez de passer sur le territoire \u00e9tranger, et que l\u2019on ne s\u2019\u00e9toit pas pr\u00e9caution\u00e9 comme, et o\u00f9 l\u2019on pourroit avoir des vivres, pour l\u2019entretien des troupes: mais ils ont laiss\u00e9 venir les affaires jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la derni\u00e8re extr\u00e9mit\u00e9.
C\u2019\u00e9toit une tr\u00e8s grande faute qui a caus\u00e9 une si mauvaise cons\u00e9quence. Avant que de…<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Without knowing what they were to do, or how they were to unite themselves with the others. 5th. They knew that they would be forced to travel through foreign lands, and that no provision had been made concerning how or where food and supplies could be obtained for the maintenance of the troops; yet matters were allowed to continue to the very extreme.<\/p>

This was a very great mistake, one that had terrible consequences. Before one\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Here it is explained that little to no precautionary measures had been taken, due to a lack of experience.
This was the First Crusade. They were travelling through unknown lands \u2014 for the very first time. In other words: piety alone is not enough; wisdom and foresight are also required.<\/p>

It is a warning: God may guide you \u2014 but He does not cook your meals for you \u2192 Holy goals also require worldly wisdom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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