Russian researcher first in the world translated a treatise on the Crusaders to the XIII century – Moskovsky Komsomolets

The candidate of historical sciences Valentin Tailors spent an incredible job

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The young specialist from Novosibirsk State University was able to translate ancient treatise “On the preaching of the Holy Cross” from Latin into French and Russian. Previously, such a medieval treatise for any modern language no transfer did not take. This document this – perhaps the only extant “instruction” for the preparation of the Crusades. It is reported by the press service of the NSU.

A Treatise on the Crusades. Photo: NSU press service.

For the sake of unprecedented transfer “On preaching of the Holy Cross”, owned by Humbert Romanesque, Taylor visited Switzerland, Germany and America.

The scientist explains, that this treatise postulated that too much love for their homeland – “an obstacle to the entry on the way of the cross».

Potential Crusaders created the document encourages this: “Do not love the fatherland – it’s not good, because, if too love her, you’re a crusader in Palestine to fight not go ».

Tailors believes that the wave of the Crusades can be considered a kind of precedence of the current European Union. That is, the Crusades were a such a consolidating event for the then “European”, as the case should be considered more important than the internal affairs of any state in isolation.

The treatise “On the preaching of the Holy Cross,” assures the necessity of the Crusades, and promotes development of advocacy and campaigning techniques.

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