Balian of Ibelin

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”…

story of the Crusaders. The film started with the unwilling entry to the Crusades of the protagonist Balian, a French blacksmith whose wife killed herself and who wanted to find outlet of his emotion and find salvation from his fault of killing his half brother in a moment of rage by fighting the holy war to protect the holy land of Jerusalem. When he reached Godfrey who turned out to be his father, the soldiers of the church chased after Balian. During a confrontation with the church soldiers,…

The portrayal of the Crusades in the film Kingdom of Heaven is above all an oversimplified, romanticised, version of a very serious part of history. The four main Crusades were nothing to reduce in importance, each one left thousands dead and only fueled the divide between Christians and Muslims. To begin the characters themselves were real people but in the film they are severely altered: Balian is the combination of several historical figures (such as his own brother), Sybilla was actually…

The movie Kingdom Of Heaven is based in Jerusalem in 1184. During this time Jerusalem had a population greater than any European city, and had enormous cross culture significance;Judaic, Muslim, and Christian holy sites coexisted, side by side. Each believed they had a right to control Jerusalem. Peace in Jerusalem, at this time, seemed impossible. The film depicts the fight for Jerusalem in 1187 from the Christian side of the war and focuses on the political unrest of the religion. Three…

who’s name was Balian de Ibelin along with his grief upon her wife who committed suicide because of the death of their child. Then a crusader who tend to pass by around the village where Balian lives appears to be his father who is named Baron Godfrey of Ibelin. When Baron Godfrey introduced himself to Balian was not easy he tend to have hesitations about revealing his true identity. And after it Baron Godfrey has a request for Balian to return with him to the holy land but Balian refuses to…

The crusade that is going to be discussed is the one in 1187. About 900 years ago, there was a Muslim military and political leader named Saladin. His goal was for Islamic conquest of Jerusalem and other Holy Land cities in the near east. At the same time, a group called the Crusaders with King Richard I of England wanted to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims and take control of Jerusalem. A war called the Battle of Hattin started on July 4th between these groups. The Muslims led by Saladin…

crossbows near to the cavalry, the idea was that the foot archers would keep the Saracen archers at bay and protect the cavalry and that in event of a Saracen charge the cavalry would ride out and keep the archers safe. The arms working cohesively would potentially have led to a different outcome, however due to the lack of water the foot archers were thirsty and had low morale. During the battle, instead of the foot archers supporting the cavalry they huddled together and rushed up the sides…