I think the only *good* that came out of the Crusades was that falconry was brought back to Europe from the middle-east.
From: Yifu <yifux...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 5:13 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] A bad day for the Knights Templar Friday the 13-th, Oct. 1307 - Knights Templar arrested in France. Disbanded in 1312 by Pope Clement V. ... Another bad day in 1187, Battle of the Horn - Jerusalem recaptured by Saladin.: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Hattin.jpg
