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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Summary
Bibliography
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Appendix

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    In my refutation of what was submitted about Galbert of Bruges, in Chapter 4, I stated:
So, of course, 'By the special grace of God no one died in this multitude which was entering.' or as was stated in the one early reference, 'by the Grace of God, no one was slain there.'. But Galbert does not use those words here or elsewhere in the text I found."
    However, I recently reread Galbert, and found what appears to be the quote in question. It is worded just enough different in the translation I used I simply missed it. It is at the breaching of the wall of the church on April 14th, quoting from Chapter 63:
"But regardless of motives, they hurled themselves through the middle of the opening in one rush, without order, without line of battle, without any thought for the arms they bore, so that by rushing in all at once they could prevent the besieged from having any time: or place in which to fight and kill anyone. For they did not cease to rush in until they lead transformed themselves into a kind of continuous bridge, and, by the marvelous dispensation of God, they advanced without mortal danger to their lives, some dashing, others stumbling, some pushed in forcibly, others falling down and trying to get up again, some in complete confusion, as is usual in such a great tumult."
    When this passage is read in context, it will be discovered that the main danger to these people was that they might get trampled, not that they might die as the result of fighting, as the beseiged near the breach are described thus: "What is more, lacking arms, they did not have the means of defending themselves; they resisted, nevertheless, as much as they dared." So, although I did slightly mis-state the case originally, the results are unchanged. The fact that they "advanced without mortal danger" has nothing to do with how well their armor resisted arrows.