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I an noticing an amount of parochialism as I read on the account. For example, the author puts in the mouths of a Saracen Muslim calling out to his ranks, "Strike, pagans, to break up their ranks." (119: 1543) Of course, a Muslim would not refer to his fellow soldiers as "pagans."
— Feb 15, 2015 09:51AM
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Also, "pagan Valdabrun" is described as being "raised from the font" by King Marsile, the Muslim king, although he of course would not have been baptized and hence, "raised from the font," since infant baptism is a practice of some Christians, not a Muslim one.
— Feb 15, 2015 09:51AM
