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 to infighting amongst the English and French ...

Horns of Hattin - Guy de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. Raymond III, Count of Tripoli. And The Grandmaster of the Knights ...

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 ...

Richard, the 'Lionheart', was born on 8th September 1157 at Oxford, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He joined the Third Crusade to the Holy Land but returned to England when he heard of his ...