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In the 12th-century manuscript, Hortus Deliciarum, there is an illustration of Hell that contains a cauldron seemingly labeled "armisti milites" which contains soldiers. Is there more context as to why an Alstatian nun would make this while France was about to engage in the Third Crusade?

by /u/com2420 in /r/AskHistorians

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