47 The Fall of Jerusalem
The History of England
David Crowther
4.8 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2012
⏱️ 34 minutes
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For 50 or so years after the capture of Jerusalem, Outremer was a part of the political and military dance between Christian and Muslim states. Then in 1144, signs of Muslim unity begin to appear through Nur ed Din when Edessa falls, and by 1150 one of the states is wiped off the map. Outremer has passed it's high point. But it's not until the 1170's that Saladin, as leader of unified empire that included Egypt and Syria, was able to really threaten the Christian states. In 1187, after the dramatic battle of Hattin, Jerusalem and most of Outremer falls and is left with just a few toe holds on the coast. in 1190, Saladin's army is looking to finish the job when Richard and Phillip arrive at Acre.
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| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome back to the Hestrivingland, episode 47, for all of Jerusalem. |
| 0:40.0 | Just a very quick bit of housekeeping before I start. |
| 0:45.0 | I think I've tried before to recommend a book before each episode, and as I remember it's gone rubbishly, |
| 0:51.0 | because basically I kept forgetting. |
| 0:54.0 | But there were a few comments that came up about this and giving other references over Christmas, |
| 0:59.0 | so I start the year with renewed vigor. |
| 1:01.0 | Okay, so what I've done is to set up a bookshop link to Amazon on thehistrivingland.com. |
| 1:07.0 | The bookshop links to the UK Amazon and the US Amazon. |
| 1:11.0 | The bookshop has a load of books from Anglo-Saxon time to Angervin, and actually a few from the next phases as well, |
| 1:17.0 | so you can read ahead if you want to, and I've made a few notes about why I chose them. |
| 1:21.0 | So then I will restart doing recommendations at the start of each episode, and for this episode, |
| 1:27.0 | Ronserman's histories of the Crusades remained classical and still the best read, |
| 1:32.0 | because he treads that line really well between the story and the scholarship. |
| 1:36.0 | So I recommend his volume one, The First Crusade, and the foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, |
| 1:41.0 | which takes you right up to 1187. |
| 1:45.0 | Sadly though, it doesn't seem to be available in the US in the full edition. |
| 1:49.0 | So for second best, but still, of course, fantastic, Riley Smith's much more concise survey of the whole Crusading business, |
| 1:56.0 | the history of the Crusades is a really tremendous introduction. |
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