Chesterton and Dreyfuss, Crusades and Jews (quora)

Q I

Why was G. K. Chesterton so convinced of Alfred Dreyfus's guilt?
https://www.quora.com/Why-was-G-K-Chesterton-so-convinced-of-Alfred-Dreyfuss-guilt/answer/Hans-Georg-Lundahl-1

Hans-Georg Lundahl

none/ apprx Masters Latin & Greek, Lund University

Answered just now

He trusted the French legal system.

Therefore he believed in Dreyfuss' guilt when he was judged guilty, and in his innocence when he was acquitted.

He also mistrusted the networking and internationalism of Jews. But not to the point of believing every Jew guilty in advance, with no evidence.

Q II

What people in Europe most often suffered during the Crusades?
https://www.quora.com/What-people-in-Europe-most-often-suffered-during-the-Crusades/answer/Hans-Georg-Lundahl-1

Hans-Georg Lundahl

none/ apprx Masters Latin & Greek, Lund University

Answered just now

I think you mean Jews, and I don’t think you are right.

The Jews suffered during the First Crusade, because it was largely manned by non-soldiers, by people who had imprecise ideas about whom they were supposed to fight and how. Or even they only suffered from the popular crusade.

But “during the First Crusade” (mostly just 1096) and “during the Crusades” (1095-1291) are two different concepts.