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Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves

into the greatest millennium in human history. We've got the most intriguing mysteries,

the gobsmacking details and latest groundbreaking research from the

Vikings to the printing press, from kings to popes to the crusades. We cross centuries and

continents to delve into rebellions, plots and murders to find the stories big and small that

tell us how we got here. Find out who we really were with Gone Medieval.

Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval. I'm Matt Lewis. Two names tend to dominate any account

of the Third Crusade in the Holy Land.

From the Christian side, Richard the Lionheart bursts onto the scene to steal any glory that's

going, which didn't really win him any friends. Perhaps the greatest respect he achieved during the

campaign came from his enemy, with whom he developed a close relationship that might look a little

like friendship. Saladin led the Muslim forces in that crusade, but how did he rise to rule such

a vast and disparate empire? Who was Saladin? And how did he become so successful that he drove

the lionheart from the Holy Land.

To answer all these questions and more, I'm delighted to be joined by Jonathan Phillips.

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