Rick Santorum's Crusade: Nostalgia, Medieval & Modern

Irony

Rick Santorum, former Republican senator from Pennsylvania, and famous for his "Google problem," made a stop in Spartansburg, SC recently. At a variety of public events, he compared abortion to slavery, called the separation of church and state "a lie", and then defended the Crusades (this is where I come in). Santorum said:

“The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical. And that is what the perception is by the American left who hates Christendom. They hate Christendom. They hate Western civilization at the core. That's the problem.”

This statement, perhaps unsurprisingly, has been picked up by a few media outlets.

But I call bullshit.

Shout-Out to TenthMedieval

Just now on my shelf, Jonathan Jarrett's Rulers and Ruled in Frontier Catalonia, 880-1010 (Boydell & Brewer, 2010). Looks great! Congratulations, Jon!