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If indeed this was said (it was reported a couple of decades after the event by Caesarius of Heisterbach) it would have been uttered on July 21 or 22 1209. The 1225 date you supply is the year of Amalric’s death.
It seems agreed that this quote is the origin of the military thinking still sometimes quoted in the American military “Kill ’em all and let god sort ’em out”.
BTW, Mr. Bazemore, if years are listed after the name of the originator of the quote, it is those of their birth and death. The dash ahead of the 1225 date indicates that the year of Amalric’s birth is unknown (at least to the person who entered the quote on the system). A lack of dates after the name indicates that the person was still among the living when the quote made the database.
July 1st, 2013 at 15:23
If indeed this was said (it was reported a couple of decades after the event by Caesarius of Heisterbach) it would have been uttered on July 21 or 22 1209. The 1225 date you supply is the year of Amalric’s death.
July 1st, 2013 at 18:21
Charming, Abbot. Ahhh, the screams and carnage of Christian compassion.
July 2nd, 2013 at 16:25
It seems agreed that this quote is the origin of the military thinking still sometimes quoted in the American military “Kill ’em all and let god sort ’em out”.
BTW, Mr. Bazemore, if years are listed after the name of the originator of the quote, it is those of their birth and death. The dash ahead of the 1225 date indicates that the year of Amalric’s birth is unknown (at least to the person who entered the quote on the system). A lack of dates after the name indicates that the person was still among the living when the quote made the database.
July 2nd, 2013 at 16:34
It is, indeed, a wonderful quote for the practice you describe.
Thanks for the correction on their dating convention.