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Lionhearts : Saladin, Richard I, and the era of the Third Crusade / Geoffrey Regan.

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In early June 1191, the crusading army of Richard the Lionheart of England at last faced the Muslim forces led by Saladin, garrisoned in the fortress of Acre on the coast of what was then the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Lionhearts is a parallel biography of two of the greatest figures of the twelfth centu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Regan, Geoffrey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Walker, 1999.
Subjects:
Crusades > Third, 1189-1192.
Saladin, > Sultan of Egypt and Syria, > 1137-1193.
Richard > I, > King of England, > 1157-1199.
Great Britain > History > Richard I, 1189-1199.
Table of Contents:
  • Richard of Poitou 1158-1189
  • Richard of England 1189-1190
  • Saladin the apprentice 1138-1174
  • A united Islam 1174-1184
  • Preparing for the holy war 1184-1187
  • The battle of Hattin 1187
  • The fall of Jerusalem 1187
  • The siege of Acre 1188-1190
  • The crusaders set out 1190-1191
  • The fall of Acre 1191
  • The coast road 1191-1192
  • The end of a legend 1192-1193
  • The Lionheart caged 1192-1194
  • The Lionheart rampant 1194-1199.

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