Templar hero: Gerard de Ridefort
Gerard de Ridefort was a hot headed Grand Master of the Knights Templar who led his troops to disaster at the battle of Cresson against the Saracens
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The Fall of Jerusalem in 1187
During the Crusades, the holy city of Jerusalem was held for just under a century by Christian forces. It was taken at the start of the First Crusade in 1099 and then lost to the Muslim Saracens in 1187. One contemporary English chronicler, Roger of Hoveden (or Howden) described what happened. How was it that the crusaders lost control of Jerusalem?
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