Trivial bits

from Dungeon, Fire, & Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades by John J. Robinson

The Crusaders and Knights Templar gave to Europe:

• candy which was made from boiled sugar lumps called al-Kandiq


• muslin which came from Mosul


• gauze which came from Gaza


• Morris Dancers which was an attempt to train peasant soldiers to fight as a unit instead of a mob because the Crusaders believed the Moors could fight so well because they danced together