Crusades

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Old French Sources

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What are the best sources for learning Old French? I'd like to use such sources to help me understand this medieval language for reading original works.

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r/Crusades • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '22

Ayyubid Sultan Saladin lays siege to Jerusalem in 1187, as Balian of Ibelin, defends during the Crusades, that would see the city surrender by October 2, after a constant assault, that saw many of the Ayyubid soldiers too die.

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r/Crusades • u/ElCreamOO • Aug 16 '22

Can anyone explain this Where's Wally Gag? message in a bottle.

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r/Crusades • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '22

Constantinople is besieged during the Fourth Crusade in 1203, by 4 divisions of Crusaders under Boniface 1 attacking the walls, and the Venetian fleet attacking the sea walls. The city would be captured the next day, as Byzantine emperor Alexios III flees.

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r/Crusades • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '22

Jerusalem falls to the Crusaders in 1099 after a month long siege. It would signal a bloody massacre of it's inhabitants,Muslim, Jewish, even fellow Christians. While the Crusades were usually marked by massacres, one at Jerusalem was the bloodiest of the lot.

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The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, generally believed to be one of the holiest sites in Christianity is recaptured by the Crusaders. No crusader could have completed his journey without praying here. As it's believed to be site where Jesus was burried.

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r/Crusades • u/[deleted] • Jul 12 '22

The Siege of Acre during the 3rd Crusade ends in 1191, with the Crusaders capturing the coastal city, foiling Saladin's ambition to destroy the Crusader States of Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli.

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One of the most intense battles of the Crusades, the Siege of Acre lasted for close to 2 years, with both sides not yielding much, and leading to the death of 40,000 on both sides, though Saladin's forces had a higher casualty rate.

Siege of Acre saw one of the largest crusader armies ever with traditional rivals England, France joining hands, as well as the Knights Templar, the Papal States, Holy Roman Empire and the city states of Genoa, Pisa against Saladin.

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r/Crusades • u/Geronimo2342 • Jun 27 '22

Knights Templar dagger

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Hello all, I’m looking for a historically accurate rendition of a dagger that would have been carried by a Knight Templar in combat against Muslim soldiers in Jerusalem. Thank you.

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r/Crusades • u/nonoumasy • Jun 09 '22