Richard the Lionheart vs Saladin
RICHARD THE LIONHEART vs. SALADIN
THE THIRD CRUSADE
TIM PARRY, JR.
Chapman University
26 November 2003
HIST 306
DR. W. F. LEE
Bibliography
Reston, James. Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Ballou, Robert O. The Portable World Bible. New York: Penguin Books, 1944.
Tierney, Brian. Western Europe in the Middle Ages: 300-1475, Sixth Edition. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999.
INTRODUCTION OF SALADIN
And fight for the cause of God against those who fight against you: but commit not the injustice of attacking them first: verily God loveth not the unjust: And kill them wherever ye shall find them, and eject them from whatever place they have ejected you; for seduction from the truth is worse than slaughter: yet attack them not at the sacred Mosque until they attack you therein; but if they attack you, then slay them—Such the recompense of the infidels! ..And do battle against them until there be no more seduction from the truth and the only worship be that of God… ..War is prescribed to you… ..they who believe, and who fly their country, and fight in the cause of God, may hope for God’s mercy: and God is gracious and merciful.
These passages are taken from the Qur’an. They are at the heart of every Muslim that takes up arms against an oppressor. They are the justification for their wars. They are the very reason that today many Muslims believe the Crusades never ended, and why the leaders of the past are so prominent today.
One cannot travel to the Holy Land of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims and not see or hear the name Saladin. The name Saladin brings hope and faith to the Children of Islam, and is despised by those who are counted as infidels. Saladin has been invoked by many Islamic leaders in recent history in an attempt to unite the Children of Islam against, what they believe to still be, the oppressive Christian church. But who is
THE THIRD CRUSADE
TIM PARRY, JR.
Chapman University
26 November 2003
HIST 306
DR. W. F. LEE
Bibliography
Reston, James. Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Ballou, Robert O. The Portable World Bible. New York: Penguin Books, 1944.
Tierney, Brian. Western Europe in the Middle Ages: 300-1475, Sixth Edition. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999.
INTRODUCTION OF SALADIN
And fight for the cause of God against those who fight against you: but commit not the injustice of attacking them first: verily God loveth not the unjust: And kill them wherever ye shall find them, and eject them from whatever place they have ejected you; for seduction from the truth is worse than slaughter: yet attack them not at the sacred Mosque until they attack you therein; but if they attack you, then slay them—Such the recompense of the infidels! ..And do battle against them until there be no more seduction from the truth and the only worship be that of God… ..War is prescribed to you… ..they who believe, and who fly their country, and fight in the cause of God, may hope for God’s mercy: and God is gracious and merciful.
These passages are taken from the Qur’an. They are at the heart of every Muslim that takes up arms against an oppressor. They are the justification for their wars. They are the very reason that today many Muslims believe the Crusades never ended, and why the leaders of the past are so prominent today.
One cannot travel to the Holy Land of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims and not see or hear the name Saladin. The name Saladin brings hope and faith to the Children of Islam, and is despised by those who are counted as infidels. Saladin has been invoked by many Islamic leaders in recent history in an attempt to unite the Children of Islam against, what they believe to still be, the oppressive Christian church. But who is
Bibliography: Reston, James. Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. New York: Doubleday, 2001. Ballou, Robert O. The Portable World Bible. New York: Penguin Books, 1944. Tierney, Brian. Western Europe in the Middle Ages: 300-1475, Sixth Edition. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1999. CONCLUSION King Richard left the Holy land on September 29, 1192 Saladin died March 4, 1193, revered by the Muslim world.