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   Message 792 of 1,925   
   Derek Broughton to Larry Swain   
   Re: Inklings and Islam is there a connec   
   16 Apr 07 09:54:28   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: news@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Larry Swain wrote:   
      
   > Derek Broughton wrote:   
   >> darylgene@aol.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>btw. excuse my ignorance, but which   
   >>>Christian group sacked Constantinople?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Catholics, supposedly on their way to Jerusalem for the 4th (?) Crusade,   
   >> decided Constantinople (Christian, but non-Catholic) was both easier and   
   >> richer.   
   >   
   > A bit of a gross oversimplification there........   
      
   It seemed like a question that called for a gross oversimplification :-)   
   --   
   derek   
      
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