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The First Crusade's success was so improbable given the circumstances that it can be described as a miracle.
“at every point this ought to have failed but it doesn't and so it looks a lot like a miracle”
Triggernometry · Mar 2025 · 1 episode · 537K views on this topicThe First Crusade's unexpected military success created a false sense of capabilities and expectations for the Crusaders.
“And to be honest, that I think is the the bigger tragedy of the Crusades is that it all went so incredibly well. And it gave everybody a false sense of expectations and capabilities.”
Dan Snow's History Hit · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 142K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.