Dr. Schrader, "Balian & Crusader Myths" (TradCatKnight Radio)
Talk given 11/7/2015 (approx. 1 hr 20 mins)
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Topics included in the talk: How the Crusades Saved the West, Crusaders were barbarians/mercenaries?, restoration of Christendom, brief overview of the Crusades, "armed pilgrims", just defense/just war, St. Ambrose on defense against unjust force, positives that followed the Crusades, CounterRevolution is reactionary, New World Order, women taking up to arms?, New Crusade against Islam and prevention of reign of (New Age) antichrist, without Catholic Faith social order becomes disorder, colonialism/imperialism?, Crusader states, real story behind Balian and Kingdom of Heaven and much more!
Helena
P. Schrader holds a PhD in history from the University of Hamburg,
which she earned with a
ground-breaking biography of the German Resistance leader General
Friedrich Olbricht. She has published in the leading academic
journal on ancient Sparta: “Sparta: Journal of Ancient
Spartan and
Greek History.” She has published four nonfiction
works on modern
European history and twelve novels. Six of her novels are set
in archaic Sparta. Three of her novels have received
literary
awards.
Schrader
is a career Foreign Service officer. In June 2010 she was awarded
the Dr. Bernard LaFayette Lifetime Achievement Award for
Promoting
the Institutionalization of Nonviolence Ideals in Nigeria.
She
has lived on five continents, is fluent in three languages, and owns
property in what was once Lacedaemon, which she visits regularly.
She
also has a home in Blue Hill, Maine, inherited from her father,
Professor Edward Page.
"Many people's images of the crusaders and the crusader states are still
shaped by the Ridley Scott's film "The Kingdom of Heaven." The film
portrays the crusaders as essentially brutal barbarians, killing for
killing's sake, and craving war, while Saladin is a civilized, rational
man intent on peace. The hero of the film is Balian d'Ibelin, who in the
film is the illegitimate son of a man who went off on crusade. In the
film, Balian goes to the Holy Land, where he has an affair with the
Princess of Jerusalem, refuses to take part in the Battle of Hattin, and
ends up defending Jerusalem against Saladin before returning with his
mistress (now Queen of Jerusalem) to France to become a blacksmith
again. Dr. Schrader will tell us more about the historical Balian as opposed to the Hollywood
Balian"
Dr. Schrader, "Balian & Crusader Myths"
(TradCatKnight Radio)