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world tours

A Moslem raid into France to loot the tomb of Saint Martin of Tours was repelled by Charles Martel in 732 at Poitiers, and was the farthest limit of the Moslem advance. It was the beginning of the Christian resistance, … Continue reading

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the infidel, the bad and the ugly

How things can change in a thousand years, give or take a few decades or more. There was a time when Islam ruled Iberia. They hurled themselves out of the desert, and in Spain built a civilization that lasted almost … Continue reading

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