📜 History of Saladin & the 3rd Crusade: The Third Crusade - Saladin had just taken Jerusalem which meant that it wouldn't be long before a Crusade was called. He had some time to prepare thanks ...

📜 History of Saladin & the 3rd Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem - A king does not kill kings. After the battle at Hattin, Saladin had dealt a grievous blow to the Crusader states.

Richard wrote to Saladin during the Third Crusade, expressing his ‘sincere desire for peace and an end to this conflict’. Saladin did reply to Richard, but the exact contents of his letter are ...

His successor promptly called for another Crusade to recover Jerusalem. An illustrated miniature from a Gothic manuscript shows Richard the Lionheart (left) defeating Saladin (right) four years ...

Dr Asbridge says: “This landmark series will be controversial, because it challenges the most ingrained misconceptions surrounding the crusades: the notion that these holy wars were all about greed ...

It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages -- the ... and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin Ayubi. But Baldwin's days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism ...

Saladin’s letter to Richard is useful in ... the people who travelled from Western Europe to take part in the Crusades. Sultan is the title given to a ruler in some Muslim countries.