The French accompanied most of the campaigns of Barbarossa .
They sometimes refrained from participating in Turkish assaults , and their accounts express horror at the violence of these encounters , in which Christians were slaughtered or taken as captives .
Although the French accompanied most of the campaigns of Barbarossa , they sometimes refrained from participating in Turkish assaults , and their accounts express horror at the violence of these encounters , in which Christians were slaughtered or taken as captives .