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Arsuf, Battle of Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology
The engagement at Arsuf between the forces of Richard I and Saladin on the Third Crusade is a classic example
Arsuf, battle of (1191) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Military History
After the capture of Acre in July 1191 the Third Crusade needed a base at Jaffa for its attack on
Richard I
(1157–99),king of England (1189–99). Richard has attracted legends in a way that bees are proverbially attracted to the honey‐pot. The process began in his own lifetime. Already, by 1199, the epithet ...
Saladin
(1137–93)Sultan of Egypt and Syria (1174–93). He invaded the Holy Land and reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians (1187), and, for a period, resisted the Third Crusade, the leaders of which ...
