THE THIRD CRUSADE: Ideal Summary for Study

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The Third Crusade: Summary. The crusades were a series of armed conflicts that sought (by the Christian kingdoms of the West) to reconquer the sacred lands of the East. Jerusalem and all strip of Palestine that they considered sacred land and as such, belonged to Christianity. The third crusade is the one that runs from 1187 to 1191 and is called because the Muslims, with the figure of the great chief Saladin, reconquest Jerusalem from Christian hands. It must be said, later we will know why, that this third crusade was partially successful. I already tell you that Jerusalem was never reconquered.

Let us remember then, that the figure of Saladin had appeared, that he had been appointed sultan of Egypt and that Through a series of military campaigns he had also managed to conquer the northern part of Syria. That is, we find that now the Christian states of the East are surrounded by southern Egypt and northern Syria with the same ruler. That makes those states very dangerously involved at the hands of any incursion other than Muslims. So much so that

Saladin in 1187 finally, through a somewhat prolonged siege, he managed to reconquer the city of Jerusalem from Christian hands. Seeing that Jerusalem has fallen, from the papacy (the West), the third crusade is called urging Christianity to reconquer Jerusalem. This third crusade (which is called that of the kings) because they are very important figures (kings of western countries) who personally take part in this crusade.

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