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The work was begun in March 1306 and offered to Clement V in January 1307 as a manual for true crusaders who desired the reconquest of the Holy Land. To this original Liber Secretorum, Sanuto added two other books and in September 1321, the entire work was presented to John XXII, together with world and regional maps of the world, and plans of ...
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The siege of Jacob's Ford was a victory of the Muslim Sultan Saladin over the Christian King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV.It occurred in August 1179, when Saladin conquered and destroyed Chastelet, a new border castle built by the Knights Templar at Jacob's Ford on the upper Jordan River, a historic passage point between the Golan Heights and north Galilee.
The Crusaders captured the Blachernae section of the city in the northwest and used it as a base to attack the rest of the city, but while attempting to defend themselves with a wall of fire they ended up burning down even more of the city. Emperor Alexios V fled from the city that night through the Polyandriou (Rhegium) Gate and escaped into ...
Crusaders who chose to continue to the Holy Land arrive in Acre. [101] Later. As part of the War of the Antiochene Succession, Leo I of Armenia attacks Antioch, defended by recently arrived Crusaders. Renard of Dampierre is captured, to be held prisoner until 1233. [102] 10–24 November. The Crusaders and Venetians sack the city after the ...
He also re-established the Sultanate of Rum after the death of Malik Shah I of the Seljuk Empire and defeated the Crusaders in three battles during the Crusade of 1101. [2] Kilij Arslan was the first Muslim and Turkish commander to fight against the Crusaders, commanding his horse archers as a teenager. [3]
Climate suits against Big Oil and other fossil fuel companies cruise to state court proceedings following Ninth Circuit's ruling.
Responding to an appeal for support for a crusade to the Holy Land, the men, overwhelmingly poor, marched to join a small professional army being assembled with Papal approval. Along the way, they engaged in looting, persecution of Jews and combat with local authorities. None of them reached the Holy Land and their expedition was ultimately ...