Saladin's Triumph: The Battle of Hattin, 1187
Frankish disunity and impetuosity produced a disaster that lost Christendom the holy city of Jerusalem.
Frankish disunity and impetuosity produced a disaster that lost Christendom the holy city of Jerusalem.
Was the murder of the Count of Flanders by his own vassals divine retribution for past errors, or simply another stage in the development of a state? The chronicle of Galbert of Bruges gives a day-by-day account of the dramatic events following the assassination.