"Battling the Saracens, 1250" Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 Dec 2016 12:00 p.m. PST |
"The news reached France's King Louis IX as he lay on his sickbed in Paris during the summer of 1244: Jerusalem had again been conquered by the Infidel Muslims. Desperately ill and near death, the King vowed in a prayer that if he got well, he would mount a crusade to recapture the Holy City. The King regained his health, but four years lapsed before he honored his vow and launched what would become the Seventh Crusade. It was a debacle. In August 1248, Louis and his army sailed with great fervor from France to the island of Cyprus. They spent the next few months there preparing for an assault on Egypt whose conquest would provide grain to feed the army and open the road to Jerusalem. The decisive battle was fought in February 1250 at the town of Al Mansurah in the Nile delta. Louis and his army were utterly defeated by the Muslims and forced to retreat. Louis was ultimately captured and held for ransom along with his brothers and many of the nobles who accompanied the campaign. With payment of the ransom, Louis was released. The king remained in the Middle East encamped at the Christian stronghold at Acre until troubles at home forced his return to France in 1254. Main page
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| The Hound | 07 Dec 2016 12:06 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 07 Dec 2016 12:09 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile)
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Armand
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| Great War Ace | 08 Dec 2016 9:24 a.m. PST |
This is movie stuff. I am waiting for someone, other than Ridley Scott, to do this story up right. |
| Tango01 | 08 Dec 2016 11:06 a.m. PST |
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