History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 69 the German Crusade.

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Hello again.

We have spent the last two episodes exploring Christianity in the Crusader states and life in the Crusader States. This week we return to the chronology.

If you remember back to our final episode on the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart had returned to Europe

and Saladin returned to Damascus to attack his pile of paperwork. Latin Christian territory in the Holy Land was restricted to a

strip of land less than 10 miles wide and around 90 miles long, which was the reduced kingdom of Jerusalem.

The kingdom included within its territory the cities of Tyre, Acre and Jaffa.

The county of Tripoli to the north of the kingdom was under Latin Christian control,

as was the small Principality of Antioch, which stretched from the city of Antioch down to the coast.

Now, before we proceed any further, I need to point out an error I made back in episode 65.

After Henri of Champagne married Conrad of Monfera's widow Isabella and moved down to the palace in Acre, I wrongly referred to them as the new

King and Queen of Jerusalem. This is in fact incorrect.

For reasons which aren't entirely clear,

Isabella and Orrory weren't ever actually crowned,

so their correct titles at this time are Princess Isabella and

Henri of Champagne.

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