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Booklet 2: Details of Alexius' letter - Coggle Diagram
Booklet 2: Details of Alexius' letter
'The enemy has the habit of circumcising young Christians and Christian babies above the baptismal font'
Doesn't specify who the enemy is
Physical symbol of Jewish or Muslim faith
Physically converting them
Holy water will be tainted by blood
'They carry off noble matrons and their daughters and abuse them like animals'; 'The Turks shamelessly commit the sin of sodomy on our men of all ages even bishops'
Respectable women are being raped by the enemy
Reference to sodomy; against the teachings of the bible
Holy men are being raped
Now begins to specifically name the enemy
'There is almost nothing left for them to conquer but Constantinople'; 'Therefore in the name of God, we implore you to bring to this city all the faithful solders of Christ'
Gateway between the east and the west; could take Rome
'implore': he is begging at this point
If you don't come you aren't fully faithful
'The Churches of Constantinople are loaded with a vast treasure of gold and silver, gems and precious stones, mantles and cloths of silk, sufficient to decorate all the churches in the world'; 'While there is time'; 'If you do not come God will condemn you'
Convincing them with the idea of wealth; however this is unaccessible due to economic problems
These luxuries are not his to give out but blatantly continues to insinuate that he is extremely wealthy
He presents this as a matter of urgency
Basically says if they don't help them that they will go to hell and blood will be on their hands