History of the Third Crusade - Saladin and Richard the Lionheart

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[@abele7009]

Hey man, amazing video, thanks, i want to bring to your attention a possible discrepancy around minute 53:00 i think you meant march and not may.

[@balintlaszlo8673]

Flash Point History you are very imprecise in mapping Hungary, it encompassed the whole Carpathian Basin at that time when Frederick Barbarossa crossed through it. And he never went through Romania, which at that time didn't exist. His route was through Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Thrace.

[@greg_4201]

I'm still in confusion about something. Why was Phillip so passive in allowing himself to be suboordinated by Richard when he arrived... What made Richard so obviosly senior? Then after Acre was captured why did Philip leave really? Seems to me he could have stayed and participated, and remained a big contender for powersharing in a recaptured Crudader Kingdom...

[@eurobonusabc7427]

Amazing video - Saladin was undoubtedly a brilliant general, but since he never defeated Richard I in any battle, it truly shows what an amazing warrior king Richard truly was. Whilst Muslims like to glorify Saladin, we in the West rarely speak of Richard's accomplishments.

[@FlashPointHx]

yet for all his tactical brilliance, he was never able to take Jerusalem

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@FlashPointHx Despite the failure, the third crusade could be considered a military success as most the land of the Kingdom was retaken.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@blugaledoh2669 True

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@nickafanasyev6550 He massacre them but that isn't really genocide. You shouldn't misused the word "genocide".

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@nickafanasyev6550 Yes it doesn't fit the bill. Genocide is the attempt to eradicated an ethnic or religious groups. While the prisoner were Muslim, their death was mainly a military decision as the Crusaders could not afford to feed them rather than a attempt to destroy an entire ethno-religious groups.

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Thank you so much 😀

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Glad to hear it - hope you're feeling better now

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I've always liked how you compact your videos into one movie length video at the end of a series or series chapter. I like to download them and keep them for long road trips or long international flights. Your series on the early Reconquista and the Black Death got me through a 10 hour flight to Hungary once. Amazing work as always, congratulations.

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Bear I love that you listened to my content in your travels. I envied your job in that you get to travel like this.

[@FireCrack83]

If History would have been like this in school I would have found my love for History years earlier.

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Warms my heart when I hear comments like this - the whole point of my channel was to get people to engage again with history

[@FireCrack83]

@@FlashPointHx History in school is only boring facts and Dates. No Storys, No awesome quotes Like the one from Lionheart. I am through Most of your Videos by now.....and waiting for more ;-)

[@kreynusr4242]

What a ride this has been. From the narration to the presentation and editing everything was on point. Beautiful work as always. Salahaddin and Richard the Lionheart two great generals of their time. It was lovely to learn about.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks a ton! Appreciate it Kreynus

[@scottinnh88]

Right imagine being King Richard fighting with the hospitalors and the temples. What an epic life he led.

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@@scottinnh88 When real men were REAL MEN!! .....Beauseant!!

[@chengducat]

One smooth and expert narrative. One can watch or listen and relax.. Fortunately not interrupted by the faces and voices of experts which can be very jolting. Thank you for the many hours of enjoyment.

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoyed it! I take it youre not a fan of the talking heads then

[@mattgrandich3977]

The Third Crusade lends itself well to big videos like this. Great job!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you kindly!

[@italianspartacus]

Hell yeah man, been waiting for this one! Thanks for teaching me so much about the Reconquista!!

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey anytime, happy you liked that series!

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Two of my favorite KZbinrs in one comment!

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@@Tollcross406 agreed 👍

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@@Tollcross406 TURIN! :)

[@NoNameNo.5]

Deus Vult!

[@jaybadhorse5096]

Listened to this three times just to absorb what I was hearing. Wonderful. Thank you sir.

[@FlashPointHx]

Wonderful! Can't believe you listened to it three times! Impressive attention span. Happy that you liked it so much. Cheers Jay!

[@garrettknox5266]

Excellent. I enjoyed Richard's conquest of Cypress. I hadn't heard it much detail before.

[@FlashPointHx]

Yeah a lot of books seem to gloss over that - but it was a tour of force for the English king.

[@chaselambrecht5384]

Great work! Nice to get a comprehensive study of this period with such high-quality craftsmanship. Can't wait for the next one!

[@FlashPointHx]

Chase! Thanks! So happy that you saw this.

[@smokymcpot5917]

Seems like there's been war throughout that region for our entire existence. Learned alot. Great video.

[@mahaadel633]

Off courses ,,, its a strategic part of the world that attracts alot of greed to occupy this region ,,

[@ahmedawny3144]

epic episode about the most epic struggle in the whole medieval ages in my opinion between two great capable commanders 🙏🌹🌹❤️❤️

[@FlashPointHx]

Agree - happy that you liked it!

[@Wolf-bz6kq]

King Richard and Saladin were two amazing individuals whom made thier mark in history

[@FlashPointHx]

no argument here

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Wow, how long did it take for you to think up that literary gem?

[@stanleythompson5321]

Making their mark by murdering millions of people, same as Hitler, mao Zedong and Stalin. Do you whoreship and pray to these people?

[@NobleKorhedron]

How accurate are the surrender negotiations in Kingdom of Heaven, @@FlashPointHx? The ones where Balian negotiates safe passage in return for the surrender of Jerusalem?

[@FlashPointHx]

@@NobleKorhedron Its probably not very accurate - there has to be some 'saving of face' in this from the western POV as they had just lost Jerusalem - might as well remember it a defiant diplomatic last stand.

[@fahadalharbi8662]

Amazing work. Can not wait to see next episode of history of the 4th crusade!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you! I finally have a bit of time to begin the 4th crusade now

[@1992zorro]

The whole documentary is amazing but damn those last 30-20 min are a true piece of art. It's the stuff that gives you chicken skin.

[@FlashPointHx]

Curious - did you like the Animated parts or was it just the narrative ?

[@1992zorro]

@@FlashPointHx It's the combination, the passion from the narrator and the conclusion of this great adventure. You can feel like something great is about to happen. It reminded me of the end Alphonso The Avenger epsiode when he was about to finish the reconquista only to die from the black plague.

[@joecarr2224]

Superb! Excellent narration, with relevant anecdotes, well illustrated, and reliance on great maps. Thank you.

[@FlashPointHx]

Really happy that you liked it so much - appreciate the comment Joe

[@ectholdrahon6778]

Given Richard was 800 years ago, that both sides of the Crusades made due references to him of his approach, IMO Richard, yes, is probably the most underwritten monarch of his time A very nice accurate documentary, thanks guys, really appreciated.

[@Saltine76]

I've been looking forward to the next video on the 4th Crusade. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@FlashPointHx]

Im gonna start on the 4th crusade tomorrow =)

[@EgyptianMuslim76]

Your dedication to replying to every comment is amazing. Keep up the good work. Hope to see more from you!

[@FlashPointHx]

The community that surrounds this content and the interaction is one of the best parts of creating these videos

[@joseysomemore]

Wonderful! All the maps and dates and narrative makes it easy peazie. Thank you Flash Point History. #ilovehistory

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you like them!

[@DeadCanine27]

I must say I have never seen a video like this before, I love history and after playing Assassin's Creed 1 I wanted to know more about this time period and the Third Crusade as a whole, King Richard and Sultan Saladin were great generals and their war strategy was a joy to watch and learn, you narrated it perfectly and I will be sure to recommend your channel to friends and watch your other videos.

[@FlashPointHx]

Super happy you liked it Kevin. I think video games like AC are one of the best ways to get into history.

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I don’t know why I haven’t seen much from this channel lately, but I’m glad for the reminder. And a perfect topic too.

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Are you saying my videos put you to sleep Daniel ;) Gee thanks.

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@@FlashPointHx Sometimes that :p but more often they make the night go over in a Flash when i can't sleep

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I love history especially Middle Age history... so fascinating. Great job!

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Glad you enjoyed it

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I appreciate that! Getting to 100k felt awesome!

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Such a great video, very impressive. I would like to see battles from the roman times. Such as Adrianople, Idivasto, Teutoburg. The great roman saviour, Aurelian. The incredible conquests of Caesar and so on. Will be highly appreciated. Hey! You did amazing, keep it up!

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Take a look at my great battle of the Punic Wars

[@agrippa5643]

@@FlashPointHx Will do. Thanks.

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A VERY HEROIC EVENTS IN THE HISTORY. BOTH PARTIES FOUGHT FOR A NOBLE PURPOSE. Thanks for the narrator and history researchers. 👍👍👍

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You're so welcome - happy you liked my video

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Another masterpiece. Brilliant narration.

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Amazing work as always, congratulations.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much 😀 Happy that you liked it Judy

[@supra1981]

Fantastic documentary, I thoroughly enjoyed that thanks.

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@supra1981]

@@FlashPointHx any chance of crusades 5 to 8 ?.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@supra1981 They are kind depressing no? I used to live in St. Louis - I might do those ones

[@supra1981]

@@FlashPointHx Sam Smith and his Brit awards balloon outfit is depressing, I’ll take history any day over modern entertainment 😆. I love the way you narrate and present the information, whatever you decide to do you have a new follower, i’m currently making my way through the rest of your documentaries.

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@@supra1981 Nice Supra! Welcome. Let me know what you think of the other videos!

[@georgegallagher4779]

Richard's lesson to other military commanders...training and logistics are key 🔑

[@FlashPointHx]

I think it was Clausewitz that said, ‘amateurs talk about tactics, masters talk about logistics’

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Thanks Martin- take it you liked this video?

[@damightyjex8682]

I never knew how amazing Richard the lionheart was. Never really hear anything mentioned about him.

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Have fun - thats one of my favorite games!

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Hello! Thank you Luke!!

[@12gmkk29]

In 1889 Wilhelm II visited Syria and he visited the Mausoleum of Saladin the following day, the Kaiser made a speech: “In the face of all the courtesies extended to us here, I feel that I must thank you, in my name as well as that of the Empress, for them, for the hearty reception given us in all the towns and cities we have touched, and particularly for the splendid welcome extended to us by this city of Damascus. Deeply moved by this imposing spectacle, and likewise by the consciousness of standing on the spot where held sway one of the most chivalrous rulers of all times, the great Sultan Saladin, a knight sans peur et sans reproche, who often taught his adversaries the right conception of knighthood” and he donated a sarcophagus and placed flowers on Saladin’s tomb after World War I, when the German-Ottoman alliance was defeated and both empires were destroyed, T.E. Lawrence stole the gilded wreath and brought it to London

[@FlashPointHx]

Fascinating - thanks for sharing this! Had no idea that he did this

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that's amazing where did you learn this especially te Lawrence thing what a tie in

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[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@warmonger8799]

Awesome 😊😊😊

[@roldancbu]

@1:28:30: King Richard 1 famous quote about pressing to attack said "I find your lack of faith disturbing". More than a thousand years later; Darth Vader

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hahaha - I think you are the only one who has brought this up - had to squeeze that one in

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Nice coverage, very clear treatment of events

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!

[@kevinjonathan1266]

Great work, one of the best documentary on crusades❤

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey appreciate that Kevin!

[@bobsnow9872]

Totally fascinating. Excellent. Thank You!

[@FlashPointHx]

Happy that you liked it so much Bob

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Awesome cant wait to get off of work and listen to the new episode its gonna be so good!!

[@FlashPointHx]

Nice!

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You got it

[@SightsNScapes]

Wow! That was utterly great! I loved it!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much!

[@scottinnh88]

Man these men led such great lives.

[@JDahl-sj5lk]

God, to have servants carry you on a stretcher when being sick, so that you can fire a crossbow at some random castle defender - wow! That seems like something that would actually make you feel a lot better too! "*Cough* *cough* *spit* reload this for me.. *cough* haha! Almost got him! Reload please! *Cough* *cough*" ( Excellent work on this series, and this one is even better than usual! )

[@FlashPointHx]

Hahaha - its like something out of a Monty Python sketch

[@fload46d]

So tragic that Barbarossa was lost by drowning. If he had lived and could have been united with the Austrians, English, and French etc., there would have been no problem. I had a German friend who recited a German poem to me about a German knight who was with Barbarossa through Turkey and was harassed by Turks firing arrows at him and his armor from behind the rocks. Apparently the Turk put himself off guard because the knicht was able to draw his sword and split the Turk in half from head to toe. What an age! Thank you for this video. It gives a rather complete explanation of the dynamics that were at play.

[@FlashPointHx]

Every time I see images of the crusades, all I can think is 'not a cell phone in sight - just everyone living in the moment' - awesome comment btw

[@alalalala57]

Tragic? None of us have a stake in this anymore, unless, for some reason, you think the crusades are still ongoing...

[@imotekh6110]

Well, I guess there goes whatever I planned to do for the last hour

[@FlashPointHx]

hahaha - nice

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Omg! A dream come true!! Thank you thank you thank you.

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You're so welcome!

[@SKCCP]

What a family and what a kingdom!!! A feud between a father and his own son was severe enough to mobilize men of their kingdom to fight a war between them. What a crazy family.

[@FlashPointHx]

you did NOT want to go to xmas dinner with them . . . talk about awkward.

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Huzza,been waiting on this good sir 💯

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[@FlashPointHx]

Wow, thank you!

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Love this channel

[@antyaier8427]

Watching such video is terrifying. Fighting day and night continously lots bloodshed all over. Those days those kings and soldiers are so brave and strong but they all have to die one day fighting with their enemies to capture their territory and lands I salute to all the warriors who shed their blood and tears inthe battle field.

[@FlashPointHx]

Could you imagine? You'd become a totally different person with a completely different set of moral virtues

[@devvyas8215]

Well done.Great details.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you very much!

[@thomasrice4930]

Richard the Lionheart defeated Saladan even though he was vastly outnumbered at the seige of Jaffa. Imagine what Richard could have accomplished if the HRE troops actually showed up?

[@khal7702]

Subscribed thanks to this documentary, not sure which channel brought me here, Invicta? History March or Kings n Generals but I'm glad I found it.

[@FlashPointHx]

Well good to have you here. I know the guys at K&G and History Marche is a buddy of mine - sounds like you pick some good channels to follow

[@Fenniks-]

Amazing this is certainly worth a rewatch!

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey Fenniks! Good to see your comments as always. Enjoy it!

[@Fenniks-]

@@FlashPointHx Thank you!

[@fortheapex8609]

You are very good at twisting history

[@mgoodd8706]

The second Crusade my Favourite 🤐 an episode about it please 🤲🏻

[@FlashPointHx]

Its already been done - go back to my 'Conquest and fall of Constantinople' series - its episodes 7-9

[@thehumbleone1983]

Great video 👍

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey thanks so much

[@uhthin]

Well done once again!

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you so much

[@GoogleUserOne]

I have to say: Orlando Bloom was a fantastic (in both senses of the word) Baelin de Ibellin. Always use a high guard!

[@FlashPointHx]

I agree he did a decent job - that interaction with Saladin was the best

[@borna1231]

Meh, I´d say he did ok, but I´m still sad that Liam Neeson didn´t play the role, as was the original plan. But alas, the studio wanted someone younger. Neeson would have brought much more gravitas to the character I think. Plus, wasn´t the historical Balian about the same age as Neeson was when the Last Kingdom came out?

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How I missed it for so long? Exceptional work

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Nailed it again 👌👏👍

[@FlashPointHx]

I think I saw your name on the Patreon site - thanks for that!

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Flash Point History U are spoiling us XD now , WHERE ARE MY POPCORNS ??

[@FlashPointHx]

ha~! Enjoy my friend!

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Subscribed. This is history network quality content.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you ! Happy that you liked this video

[@colterjones8674]

I love the Star Trek reference!

[@FlashPointHx]

I’m big into sci fi, if ya couldn’t tell ;)

[@rvrv7021]

Good work . Your videos are better and better

[@FlashPointHx]

Many thanks!

[@roldancbu]

@1:10:35 Medieval Navy SEALs?! Wow! Konrad's elite soldiers did is Board and Seize similar to any Navy and Coast Guard around the world

[@BrandonLynchWatson13]

After hearing this story multiple times, i still can help but ponder as to what fate eventually befell the sister of Saladin.

[@microfarmers]

For thousands of years I have fought wars, loved and lost hundreds of people. My confidante found a cure and I am finally a mortal being. Perhaps I will finally rest in peace. What am I?

[@FlashPointHx]

Thought about this - Disease?

[@scottinnh88]

Great work very interesting.

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoyed it

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Anytime!

[@danm7298]

Thats still amazing to me how the largest part of the Wests armys disintegrated after barbarossa drown in the river. Had he not died the third crusade woulda turned out much differently.

[@FlashPointHx]

With a force of 100k Jerusalem would have been taken and the Crusade would have been a success

[@danm7298]

@@FlashPointHx yes and on top of that phillip II just left lol! And richard the lionheart had to leave eventually too. Very well done video thanks! :)

[@castlecircle7612]

I like how Kobayashi Maru has now actually entered the lexicon denoting a no win scenario, well done. Great Job with these docs, enjoyed the Black Death doc as much as this one, you got a like.

[@FlashPointHx]

That, and Im just a big sci fi geek

[@aarondemiri486]

great video thanks for the wonderful content

[@FlashPointHx]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SilverWave64]

Please please PLEASE make the last part of the reconquista! The series ended in a cliffhanger for like a year now :(

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Ok - will do! Jus give me a bit of time =)

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he's one of my favorites

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Great job

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Appreciate it!

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I fill like I just paid this guy's bills buy watching that long as ad..hopefully the vids good lol we shall see...

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hahahah - my new TV is being installed even as I type this (j/k)

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Good clear history.

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Thanks!