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Downfall of the Crusader Kingdom: The Battle of Hattin and the Loss of Jerusalem
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Author
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W.B. Bartlett.
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Publisher
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History Press
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paperback
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7.75
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ISBN
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9780752456478
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Pages/Publication Date
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272/2010
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Daedalus Item Code
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23151
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Description
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The Third Crusade of Richard the Lionheart is well known but the build-up that led to it often goes unmentioned. It is a story of intrigue, plot and counterplot, and an abuse of power culminating in the most decisive battle of the medieval epoch, the Battle of Hattin in 1187—a catastrophe for the Crusaders and for the men of the kingdom of Jerusalem, including the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers. Hattin was the culmination of a series of events that had been progressively leading Jerusalem down the road to oblivion, assures historian W.B. Bartlett. He argues that it was partly the resurgence of the Muslim Middle East and the rise of Saladin that led to the loss of Jerusalem, and also another, equally dangerous element at work—the enemy within.
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