Brownworth mentions the Crusades only in passing, noting that Western disregard for the Byzantine Empire predates even the Crusades and is made up of 'equal parts envy and disgust.' The Crusades thus represent a long-standing cultural rupture between Western and Eastern Christendom.
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Episode 1 (1 mention)
Brownworth mentions the Crusades only in passing, noting that Western disregard for the Byzantine Empire predates even the Crusades and is made up of 'equal parts envy and disgust.' The Crusades thus represent a long-standing cultural rupture between Western and Eastern Christendom.
“but from a Western disregard dating from before the Crusades, made up of equal parts envy and”
Episode 13 (1 mention)
“and got instead the Crusades.”
Episode 15 (2 mentions)
“probably because the crusades by their very nature were alien to them.”
“and all future crusades should be focused there.”