Baldwin the Leper vs. Saladin - CRUSADES DOCUMENTARY

In 1180, Baldwin the Leper King of Jerusalem has just suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Marj Ayun, inflicted by his great enemy, the Sultan Saladin. Now, Baldwin’s leprosy worsens, while his enemy grows in power. Will the Leper King be able to resist the mounting strength of Saladin, before his own body fails? And will Sibylla be able to take on the burden of her brother's kingdom? In this documentary, which is part 3 in our 4 part series on the life of Baldwin IV, the Leper King of Jerusalem, we witness the Leper King dealing with some of his greatest challenges yet.
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Narrated by: Tom Wylde
Animated maps by: Denys Rodionov
Written and edited by: J Stephen Roberts
Voice actors:
Carl Hughes as William of Tyre
Ahmed Al-Bardweel as Ibn al-Athir
Sources:
-Arab Historians of the Crusades, trans. Francesco Gabrieli, (Barnes and Noble Books, 1993)
-Baha ad-Din ibn-Shaddad - The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin, trans. D.S. Richards, (Ashgate, 2002)
-Barber, Malcolm - The Crusader States, (Yale, 2014)
-Ehrenkreutz, Andrew - Saladin, (State University of New York, 1972)
-Hamilton, Bernard - The Leper King and His Heirs, (Cambridge, 2005)
-Ibn al-Athir - The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period, Part 2, trans. D.S. Richards (Ashgate, 2005)
-William of Tyre - A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, Vol. II, trans. Emily Babcock and A.C. Krey, (Columbia University Press, 1943)
Special thanks to the outstanding Nedim Can Incebay, who allowed me to showcase some of his brilliant video game editing in this documentary. Please visit his original video on the Battle of Montgisard:
• BATTLE OF MONTGISARD 1...
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[@snoww6454]

Love this series on Baldwin IV! I had always been confused about Raymond of Tripoli and why he would all of a sudden turn against Baldwin, but I think he was really trying to ensure his pick for heir to the throne because he didn't trust Agnes and her "party" at court.

[@andreaferraroni3347]

Ciao from Italy to all my friends Crusades

[@flddoc2]

I’m enjoying this story and the presentation of it. Adding video game visuals is often risky doing more to distract than enhance the information being presented. You pulled it off nicely as well as being a good “wordsmith”. Thanks for the time and effort.

[@Thor-Orion]

They use the video game footage sparingly and appropriately and it does a great job to help viewers visualize the battles and locations. The maps they show that have the forces split into their units with the unit symbols is also from the same videogame I’m pretty sure (Crusader Kings, I believe) and it definitely helps me to see exactly how the battle was fought. They balance it with a ton of primary source artwork and other high quality assets and artwork, so the overall video is very professional in production value and gives different viewer preferences what they most connect with. Everyone learns in different ways, so the multiple different kinds of visual aids are definitely a nice touch in my opinion.

[@thelightinthedark100]

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[@denysrodionov5151]

Very interesting and informative video. Thank you for your work.

[@jarrodnaidoo]

Love this channel. I hate when people call this era the dark ages. Or primitive. Im learning so much already.

[@milesdunbar9523]

I always assumed it meant because historians were relatively in the dark compared the extensive record keeping of the Romans.

[@bojangles2492]

@@milesdunbar9523 it was called that by a few who perceived a literary hole in that period, turns out it couldn't be further from the truth.

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Its the dark ages listen to the army numbers 26 000😂 Saladin's army Battles where hundred of men Classical antiquity. 500 000 men fought Battle of Cape Ecnomus Hannibal invade with a 100k Something went wrong and humanity regressed like the Bronze age collapse

[@Thor-Orion]

@@KonradvonHotzendorfthere’s nothing inherently wrong with smaller, local kingdoms. The Bronze Age Collapse was because Empires were ruling unjustly and thus a confederation of smaller city states with local rulers banded together to overthrow them (the famed Sea Peoples) and after the recovery there were city states until the rise of Alexander. You’d have to understand the Scythian Tribal Confederation model to understand that. And you’d have to understand that empires make life suck for everyone but the very few at the tippy top. It’s not about something “going wrong” it’s about people not wanting empires that exploit them anymore. And then people forget over time and empires rise back up and life sucks again. You’re viewing history from a pro-imperial perspective, but you didn’t live under the boot of these empires, so you’re in a poor position to render judgement.

[@Thor-Orion]

The dark ages were also the period after Justinian destroyed the Western Roman Empire with his atrocious rule which lasted far too long. The Western Roman Empire was actually in an upswing during Theodoric the Great’s rule, then Justinian poisoned him and his family and sewed chaos so he could reconquer their lands to tax the people to death to fund his lifestyle and palaces/villas construction. Then King Totila comes in and the Western Roman Empire recovers again under him until Justinian gets an entirely foreign giant mercenary army with the best weapons and army money can buy in order to break Gothic rule. He succeeds, but completely financially ruins his own Eastern Roman Empire in the process, despite pillaging the Western Roman Empire for it’s resources in the aftermath he had still totally destroyed both empires financially. So the dark ages are really only the second half of the 6th century-the Carolingian renaissance. And Charlemagne certainly saw himself in line with the great Gothic kings, that’s why he moved the marble arches from Theodoric’s capital at Ravenna to his own capital at Aachen. He also moved several other elements of the Ostrogoth capital (such as the Western Roman Imperial Throne from Theodoric’s Palace) and copied some of the Ostrogothic Architectural styles for his own capital constructions. He also used the Ostrogoth Gold and Black in his heraldry (you can look up “Ostrogoth Cross” and you’ll see the black and gold plus their cross is VERY similar to the later Norman Chivalric Order crosses like the Templar and Hospitaller Crosses), along with the Gothic Eagle used prominently in both Visigoth and Ostrogoth artwork (obviously he paired them with his own familial Frankish Fleur De Lis).

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[@RealCrusadesHistory]

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[@declankrebs4073]

This was very good. I continue to see bits of Hamilton´s arguments in these videos, which is a good thing. May both Baldwin IV and Raynald of Chatillon continue to be rehabilitated as the mighty, competent warriors that they surely were.

[@Thor-Orion]

I feel so dumb right now, but could you give me Hamilton’s full name? I’m pretty sure he’s a writer, correct?

[@declankrebs4073]

@@Thor-Orion No worries, my friend. His full name is Bernard Hamilton, and he is a historian. He also wrote an article on Raynald of Châtillon.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@declankrebs4073 much appreciated! Thank you, brother. God bless you! So he’s actually a historian:chronicler as opposed to the much less specific term “writer.” Appreciate the added information and context, immensely.

[@declankrebs4073]

@@Thor-Orion My pleasure. It’s always exciting to speak about this topic.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@declankrebs4073 likewise. If you’re interested in earlier European history I’m actually preparing to start releasing content about the history of the Aryan and European (there is a lot of overlap between these two groups, but they aren’t synonymous with each other) peoples and I’m working on compiling the mythologies and histories and migration patterns of the groups into a book series to show the evolution of belief and customs of the cultures from the time of the younger dryas (technically there will be a much shorter introduction/prologue that covers the time between Mt Toba Super-eruption and the Younger Dryas, especially the period of Cro Magnon and their incredibly advanced Solutrean tool making and cave art and such as well) all the way to the present. I’m really excited for the project, but if you’re less interested in that period of history I understand; I hope you’d still maybe consider watching the videos I put out relating to the Middle Ages. A pleasure to talk to you, brother. Take care of yourself out there!

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[@donnastephenson8803]

13:00, Wow, That's a lot of passengers on a ship for all the way back in 1182AD. June,13th, 2022.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

This is the amount of passengers as recorded by Ibn-Shaddad.

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[@bojangles2492]

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[@AJ-vc6dm]

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[@gobanito]

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[@TvTv-sj4cs]

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[@RealCrusadesHistory]

This is part 3.

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[@andylamorena5775]

The knights of God

[@calvanoni5443]

No they did not guard corn fields, as there was no corn spread from the Americas yet for another 300+ years.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

New flash. Medieval chroniclers often describe wheat as corn. The word is far older than its use to describe the plant found in the Americas.

[@Thor-Orion]

Cornu in Latin wasn’t maize. Maize is what you know of as corn. In the King James Corn is used to refer to old world cereal grain prior to processing. The same way it had been used for nearly 2,000 years in the Romance languages prior to the KJV. All it takes is a quick google search “old world corn.” But instead you’re correcting primary sources thinking you know more than the chroniclers of the time who experienced the events first hand.

[@hewaamin4993]

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[@lindseyAckles]

Baldwin should have stepped down for King Richard 😢

[@oscargiron9290]

Minute 14:12 talks about "Here, the Christian army guarded the cornfields..." THERE WAS NO CORN in the old continents. CORN was "discovered" by the Spanish conquistadors in America, after 1492, after that year they brought corn to Europe and to all the Sacrum Imperium Romanum (The "Holy" Roman Empire). In conclusion: There were no cornfields by the time of Salahuddin (Saladin) and King Baldwin.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

News flash. The term "corn" was used in the Middle Ages to describe wheat.

[@kimnielsen146]

Yeah and stories are written by victors ergo 99% of history isn't correct just passed on for centuries as truth 🙄

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[@flddoc2]

@@RealCrusadesHistoryA very kind response to a very tactless comment. Good job.

[@Thor-Orion]

You mean maize. The term corn is used historically to refer to all manner of unprocessed cereal grain. It could be einkorn, barley, wheat, etc. in this case it’s likely referring to bulgur wheat. You must be American. I am too, therefore you can’t blame being American for your lack of historical literacy. Also, it’s bad form to like your own comment. Especially once you’ve been corrected and you still leave your like on your comment. Although most would just delete their comment outright, so I give you credit for leaving it up.

[@Evilkid2363]

Saladin wasn’t all of that and a bag of chips, hence why he lost

[@Snow-pi7cd]

Lol he beat Baldwin Iv three times

[@magneticerror880]

@@Snow-pi7cd lol Saladin defeated Many Times by Crusaders Saladin Have Large Number of Army But Yet he defeated Battle of Montgisard Battle Of Asrsuf

[@saranpatel1114]

Cry cry 😂

[@Cheka__]

You go girl. Talk to the hand.

[@flddoc2]

Being “all that” even without the chips still falls under the category of amazing accomplishments worthy of remembering. I think leaving the chips off of his “Supplies Needed To Take Over The World” list was an example of his genius. Leadership 101: Do not provide your troops a delicious treat covered in salt without an equally delicious liquid to accompany it.