“Piles of heads, hands, and feet were to be seen. It was necessary to pick one’s way over the bodies of men and horses. […] Men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins, […] Indeed, it was a just and splendid judgment of God that this place should be filled with the blood of unbelievers, since it had so long suffered from their blasphemies.”
- Historian Raymond of Aguilers
Account of Jerusalem in 1099, as he watched Christian crusaders conquer the city.