The Fall of Christendom: The Road to Acre 1291 Bartlett W. B.
The Fall of Christendom: The Road to Acre 1291 Bartlett W. B. In the early middle ages the Christian presence in the Middle East took a series of blows from often superior Muslim forces, only for a…
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The Fall of Christendom: The Road to Acre 1291 Bartlett W. B.
In the early middle ages the Christian presence in the Middle East took a series of blows from often superior Muslim forces, only for a fresh wave of Crusaders to regain territory. The city had first been captured by Crusaders under Richard the Lionheart in 1189-1191. But the Fall of Acre in 1291 was the dramatic event that finally brought dreams of a Christian Holy Land crashing down.
Three quarters of a century later the powerful Mamluk sultan, Baibars, had assumed Saladin's mantle. The aftermath was a horrific massacre of 3,000 Muslim prisoners on Richard's orders - which contrasted vividly with the peaceable capture of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187. He was a powerful statesman who had turned back the Mongol tide that threatened to deluge Asia and Egypt, the mainstay of Muslim power.
He was also utterly ruthless, conquering Crusader towns and castles with terrifying persistence.
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