![]() ![]() The finale is the Battle of Hattin, where the Crusaders try to confront Saladin’s army before they reach Jerusalem. ![]() After 100 years of European presence the standoff is now set in a game of strategy leading to some very well calculated moves on the Muslim side and very poor judgement decisions on the christian end. ![]() First is a summary of the earlier crusades starting with the capture of Jerusalem, establishing the Latin christian kingdoms in Palestine and then the rise of Saladin with the unification of Syria and Egypt. ![]() It is an easy read, being divided into sections breaking down the different phases of the Third Crusade. The story is also surprisingly enlightening and relevant in context of current events, such as the war in Iraq or the occupation of Palestine which frequently bring up the term “crusades” in one way or another. It focuses the Third Crusades in an easy to follow and interesting narration. “Warriors of God” is an extremely well written history book which is also a fun and entertaining read. “It was certainly not the fear of God nor any stirring of penitence that inspired them,” he was to say later, “but pride and vainglory directed all their enterprise.” The crusader “movement”, as it is sometimes called, stretched over a period of two hundred years, unleashing a frenzy of hate and violence unprecedented before the advent of the technological age English Translation: Original in English Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade ![]()
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