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Muslim slaves, including women, worked the sugar mills in Outremer. They copied the technology from the Muslims, but theirs weren't worked by slaves.

Heraldry was imported from Outremer to the Balkans. So much for the crusades having had no cultural impact, as a certain historian says. (This shouldn't sound so condescending, I just forgot his name.)

(Runciman.)

Useful and fascinating descriptions of battles in Outremer.

Since the Fall of Rome, no slaves served on galleys. Only the Hospitallers used "galley serfs", whatever that should mean.

If my eyes don't deceive me, Nicolle claims that courtly romance was influenced by muslim ideals, whereas graeco-roman views on romance stressed sexual appetite. Not sure what to make of that. Quite a take.

I really like this so far.

Nicolle talks about some aspects of Outremer that are largely overlooked.