ASTRID ESSED'S VIEWS ON THE CRUSADES/ASTRID ESSED VERSUS ''REAL CRUSADES HISTORY''/NO EXCUSE FOR RICHARD COEUR DE LION'S MASSACRE AT AYYADIEH'' SEE ALSO https://www.astridessed.nl/astrid-esseds-views-on-the-crusades-i-no-excuse-for-richard-coeur-de-lions-massacre-at-ayyadieh-facebook-comment/ READERS! In contrary with commonly accepted views in the Western world [although there IS a change of opinion nowadays], the Crusades in the Middle Ages were not some heroic and noble religious cause [although many part