Holy Warriors: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin and their struggle for Jerusalem.
One of the greatest BBC productions ever made in the early 2010s, along with the Timeline series, and 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth, retelling the tragic story of a Sussex village during the Norman conquest. HOLY WARRIORS: RICHARD THE LIONHEART AND SALADIN.
The Third Crusade in 1190, also known as the Crusade of The Three Kings, saw Richard I, one of the most fearsome and legendary kings of England facing off against Saladin (Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi), the Islamic world's greatest leader for the greatest prize in the known world, the holy city of Jerusalem where both Christians and Muslims recognize as sites of supernatural revelations for their prophets. Two years before Richard's arrival in the Holy Land, Saladin's Ayyubid army had retaken Jerusalem from the earlier Crusaders. Now, the Holy City is once again on the line as two of the greatest warriors in the world prepared to give all to reclaim the city.
Richard and Saladin were not just renowned knights in their world, but were true men of honor whose legendary showdown during the Third Crusade set the standard for all modern diplomacy, negotiation, and mutual understanding even in the chaos of war. Years later, a German nun by the name of Hildegard von Bingen, an accomplished author, folk musician with hundreds of instrumental ballads to her name, and one of the most vaunted matron of letters of the Middle Ages, would document that in the "very first ideal of European chivalry, Saladin, his generosity, honor, and upholding of the values of respect and virtue, would be the leading example".
One of the greatest BBC productions ever made in the early 2010s, along with the Timeline series, and 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth, retelling the tragic story of a Sussex village during the Norman conquest. HOLY WARRIORS: RICHARD THE LIONHEART AND SALADIN.
The Third Crusade in 1190, also known as the Crusade of The Three Kings, saw Richard I, one of the most fearsome and legendary kings of England facing off against Saladin (Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi), the Islamic world's greatest leader for the greatest prize in the known world, the holy city of Jerusalem where both Christians and Muslims recognize as sites of supernatural revelations for their prophets. Two years before Richard's arrival in the Holy Land, Saladin's Ayyubid army had retaken Jerusalem from the earlier Crusaders. Now, the Holy City is once again on the line as two of the greatest warriors in the world prepared to give all to reclaim the city.
Richard and Saladin were not just renowned knights in their world, but were true men of honor whose legendary showdown during the Third Crusade set the standard for all modern diplomacy, negotiation, and mutual understanding even in the chaos of war. Years later, a German nun by the name of Hildegard von Bingen, an accomplished author, folk musician with hundreds of instrumental ballads to her name, and one of the most vaunted matron of letters of the Middle Ages, would document that in the "very first ideal of European chivalry, Saladin, his generosity, honor, and upholding of the values of respect and virtue, would be the leading example".
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