In the movie “Kingdom of Heaven” Hollywood has done what it does best, portray some scenes that are not quite historically correct. The battle scenes and the training scenes were quite splendid! But I'm not going to say that everything was historically correct. But maybe that's why there are so many historical incorrections, to make the movie more interesting and appealing to the eyes of its audience. Even if you aren’t a “history buff”, you would probably still notice some of the historical incorrections. Some of the main things that I will be pointing out to you today is Sybilla's love story, Balians real home, and the creation of the longbow. This may not be interesting right now, but after you read the rest I would hope that you can walk away with an understanding as to what Hollywood does to make their movies more appealing to you with less historical corrections, enjoy!
So let's talk about Sybilla, the beautiful princess and soon to be Queen of Jerusalem. In the movie “Kingdom of Heaven”, she was forced to marry the fourth son of the Lord of Lusignan, Guy de Lusignan. “ This explanation of events makes perfect sense and appears borne out by Sibylla’s subsequent behavior” …show more content…
The longbow in the movie is a very highly used weapon. It was one of the most effective weapons in the movie and caused the most damage. “From 200 metres, a longbow arrow penetrated over one inch of solid oak – more than sufficient power to penetrate the armour worn by soldiers” (historylearningsite). But little do you know, that the longbow wasn’t even used in Jerusalem until after the second crusades took place. Supposedly the longbow was created in Wales and shortly after moved its way to England. So guess what that means, they didn't have these longbows back then to use in “Kingdom of Heaven.” Hollywood just saw it and was like, heck yeah, why not? Good Job Hollywood, step three has been
So let's talk about Sybilla, the beautiful princess and soon to be Queen of Jerusalem. In the movie “Kingdom of Heaven”, she was forced to marry the fourth son of the Lord of Lusignan, Guy de Lusignan. “ This explanation of events makes perfect sense and appears borne out by Sibylla’s subsequent behavior” …show more content…
The longbow in the movie is a very highly used weapon. It was one of the most effective weapons in the movie and caused the most damage. “From 200 metres, a longbow arrow penetrated over one inch of solid oak – more than sufficient power to penetrate the armour worn by soldiers” (historylearningsite). But little do you know, that the longbow wasn’t even used in Jerusalem until after the second crusades took place. Supposedly the longbow was created in Wales and shortly after moved its way to England. So guess what that means, they didn't have these longbows back then to use in “Kingdom of Heaven.” Hollywood just saw it and was like, heck yeah, why not? Good Job Hollywood, step three has been