Studies in Crusades and Medieval Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar (Crusades Subsidia 1). Aldershot. Pp. 181-189. Kool R. 2014. From Mar Saba to Bayit Ve-Gan in Jerusalem: A New Frankish Period ...

Saladin’s letter to Richard is useful in showing the importance of Jerusalem to Muslims and why they were so determined to defend it against Crusaders. ‘The Muslims and the Franks are done for.

The discovery's location in Acre is no coincidence, according to the announcement by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Following the Third Crusade, Acre served as the de facto capital of the ...

Many people responded to the Pope's wishes by joining the Crusades - showing this by cutting out red crosses and sewing them onto their tunics. The loss of Jerusalem was a terrible blow to the ...