Tension reaches a climax in the epic battle between Saracen leader Saladin and England s Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade, with the fate of the.
Tension reaches a climax in the epic battle between Saracen leader Saladin and England s Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade, with the fate of the.
one way we re making a difference. king guy has rallied his army outside the walls of jerusalem and marched north. but while he is less experienced than the great muslim leader, king guy believes his army is invincible as long as they fight beneath the true cross. when the crusaders captured jerusalem in 1099, they discovered the relic of the true cross. it s a small piece of wood that
further south and try to take all the coastal cities because in this way, he can block jerusalem from any kind of serious enforcement from the west. as richard the lionheart and his army moves down the coast, saladin loses battle after battle after battle. a great lethal warrior, sort of scattering people in front of him. for saladin. it s another setback, another humiliation. you can imagine a man who s used to winning victory after victory now finding himself losing, and not only losing but losing to this small ragtag army of crusaders. the best thing he can do is to retreat to safe ground and guard his most cherished possessions, and that s the city of jerusalem. the crusade is all about recovering jerusalem. but what really worries richard is when you capture jerusalem, what do you do with it?
richard received an alarming message. his brother is conspireing with phillips to become king of england. richard is essentially pulls into two directions. either he reclaims his throne from john or he solidifies holdings and maintain his defenses. he can t do both at the same time. he recognizes if he stays one moment longer, he ll be out of a kingdom. so he decides to go back. it is a course of great anger among the troops but as he sees it, it is the only realistic option. richard retreats to acre to begin the long voyage home. leaving the crusaders who remain in the holy land leaderless.