Battle Lines Are Drawn & An Icon Born!
Neil Oliver Podcast
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Shavaric Heroes
According to the talisman he's treated and brought back to health by no less a figure than Saladin. Richard was swept up into it as well after the time of the crusades that they were both held up as these heroes of chivalry. It's quite amazing I mean for example after the siege of acre Richard ordered the slaughter of 2700 people from within the city had them you know butchered all at the same time. This act this war crime was in itself revenge for a slaughter that was carried out by Saladin which predated the conquest of Jerusalem.
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