In this paper I will tell of the Third Crusade,the battles,the armies,the leaders and finally the outcome of this battle for the Holy Land.The Third Crusade occurred in the year of 1189 and lasted for a difficult three years.(Wiki) The Third crusade was caused by the capture of Jerusalem in 1187 by Saladin who was muslim.(A&E)The spreading of word that the Holy City had be captured by muslims spread like wildfire, soon the people would shout and scream for war,they wanted another crusade and that is exactly what they would get. What started the Third Crusade European leaders upon hearing the news were outraged at the fact that the Holy City was being controlled by Muslims. Three of the most important leaders in this crusade was King Philip
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Pope Gregory VIII lived a short life as pope that lasted a mere 57 days,but in this time he issued the official decree for the third crusade and put the church back into friendly relations with the Holy Roman empire.His next successor was Pope clement VII as pope Gregory issued the third crusade clement was able to push England and France to work together for this religious conquest. Leaders of the Third Crusade The Third crusade was being organized by each of these men and they each played specific roles in the crusades,these men leading their crusaders would soon decide the outcome of this battle for the Holy land. King Richard quickly attempted to raise money for support of the battle and he did this by persecuting and even robbing jews,next he imposed taxes among all classes but he still wasn’t getting enough so he even began to sell royal lands and sold offices. King Richard was a very important figure to all the Christian Knights and he quickly went on his way to the Holy …show more content…
Richard had withdrawn his army because he was not able to take control of Jerusalem. Saladin began to attack Jaffa, because this was a main base for Richard’s army (Cline). Richard finally landed in Jaffa and saw that the city was almost completely destroyed by Saladin. Richard quickly set up a relief force causing the muslims to flee (Cline). Saladin began to see the loses of his army were getting much worse, and this forced him to retreat completely and leave Jaffa. This gave the christians complete control of
Pope Gregory VIII lived a short life as pope that lasted a mere 57 days,but in this time he issued the official decree for the third crusade and put the church back into friendly relations with the Holy Roman empire.His next successor was Pope clement VII as pope Gregory issued the third crusade clement was able to push England and France to work together for this religious conquest. Leaders of the Third Crusade The Third crusade was being organized by each of these men and they each played specific roles in the crusades,these men leading their crusaders would soon decide the outcome of this battle for the Holy land. King Richard quickly attempted to raise money for support of the battle and he did this by persecuting and even robbing jews,next he imposed taxes among all classes but he still wasn’t getting enough so he even began to sell royal lands and sold offices. King Richard was a very important figure to all the Christian Knights and he quickly went on his way to the Holy …show more content…
Richard had withdrawn his army because he was not able to take control of Jerusalem. Saladin began to attack Jaffa, because this was a main base for Richard’s army (Cline). Richard finally landed in Jaffa and saw that the city was almost completely destroyed by Saladin. Richard quickly set up a relief force causing the muslims to flee (Cline). Saladin began to see the loses of his army were getting much worse, and this forced him to retreat completely and leave Jaffa. This gave the christians complete control of