crusader history

Turkish cavalryman wore
much lighter armour then the Crusader knights.they had light mail coats,

pointed metal helmets and small round shields.
they fired valleys of arrows from the saddle.
I don't like the Turkish cavalryman!

King Richard 1
King Richard 1 of England preferred fighting for his religion over seas to governing his kingdom. for three years after his coronation in 1189,he was not ever in Europe. he was leading a Crusades army against Muslim forces in Palestine.
Saladin,Sultan of Egypt and Syria, was the greatest of the Muslim leaders,not only defeating the Crusaders, but ruling wisely and efficiently.(personally I don't like him)
the Crusaders had three military orders,the Knights Teutonic who guarded the caravans in the holy land,then had to go back to Europe to help keep the mongrels out of Europe.
















the crest of the poor knights of Christ who later got the name Templar from staying in the palace of Solomon in the Bible















The Templar's who guarded the temples and most of the city's in the holy land

























the knights Hospitallers are the doctors and the gardens of the sick, wounded and the hospitals








2 comments:

Neato

April 30, 2009 at 6:30 AM  

you've got some really neat pictures on here...good job, keep it up!!

Good post on Darleen's wedding, too.
Jo

May 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM