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The Knights Templar . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of the capture of Jerusalem during the third crusade

Crusader, deserter and traitor: the life and legacy of Raymond III of Tripoli

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The Temple Church, London, a late 12th-century church built for and by the Knights Templar. (Photo by LatitudeStock - David Williams/Getty Images)

History explorer: The Knights Templar . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

c1754: Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon (c1060-1100) 1st Crusade (1095-1099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls. From manuscript of Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Crusades

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The tomb of the Crusader knight Richard de Crupes.

Books interview with Christopher Tyerman: “Religious war isn’t an irrational act, and we shouldn’t dismiss it as irrational” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Crusade logistics and the battle over the slave trade . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saladin, seen in a 12th-century portrait, led Muslim opposition to the crusaders and united much of the Middle East. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

How to lead like Saladin

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Living through the Crusades: 3 poems and songs that reveal how medieval people felt about the holy war

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My favourite place: Sean McGlynn

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The long history of the Crusades . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pillage of Jerusalem

Crusading for God and gold

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Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States

A big day in history: The day Pope Urban II exhorted Christians to go on crusade

Richard I (also known as Richard the Lionheart) frequently dated documents with the 'regnal year'. An example of this might be

A legacy of the lionheart

The Siege of Antioch during the First Crusade, c1200. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Why Islam crushed the crusaders