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Templar hero: Gerard de Ridefort

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Tony McMahon

Templar hero: Gerard de Ridefort – the life story of a Grand Master in Jerusalem

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Category: Templar History Tags: arn, Baldwin, buried, channel, child, Cresson, de Ridefort, Gerard, hattin, heaven, history, jerusalem, king, Kingdom, knight, Knightfall, leper, Lusignan, mystery, Raymond, Ridefort, Sybilla, Templar, tripoli

Battle of Hattin – Templar disaster

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Tony McMahon

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So what exactly happened at the Battle of Hattin in 1187 – aside from Orlando Bloom (my least favourite actor) re-enacting it in the movie Kingdom of Heaven? The battle is one of those events that it’s difficult not to…

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Category: Middle Ages Tags: battle, battle of hattin, chatillon, crusader, hattin, jerusalem, knight, orlando bloom, saladin, Templar, tripoli, war