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Moments in Third Crusade history: 10 july 1190 – the bridge collapse on the River Rhône
It is highly likely that most of us missed this in European history classes, but Medievalists familiar with the Third Crusade and Richard the Lionheart may recall that July 10 is the anniversary of the collapse of a bridge near Lyon in the year 1190. Last year, I’d mentioned that the chronicler of the Itinerarium (that…
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Third Crusade History – Highlights of Junes 1190-1194
There were momentous events in the Junes of the Third Crusade. I want to highlight a few, and all of them are included in my novels Battle Scars I & II: Men of the Cross (Book I) takes place from March 1190 – March 1193; book II, For King and Country, reflects the Lionheart’s imprisonment in…
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today in 1192…
I certainly can’t pass up noting this important event that took place on December 20, 1192… “Richard was captured by Babenberg Count Leopold V, an ally of King Henry, in a little tavern in what is today part of Vienna’s 3rd district, Erdberg (Erdbergstrasse 41/ Schwalbengasse 17)” –from Vienna Unwrapped: Richard Lionheart, Tracing the King of…