He was the co-commander of the third crusade.he was given the position of commander when his partner and enemy Phillip left him for France. He besieged the city of acre for two years. he made Saladin pay him a huge ransom and since Saladin couldn't come up wit the money Richard brought out 2,700 surrendered Turkish soldiers and people of Acre and beheaded them all. Their are two accounts of this event, one is a christian historian saying that the good king (Richard) had brought out all of the terrible Muslims and killed them. Their is another account from a Muslim saying that the cold blooded king murdered all of the Muslim people. There for the Muslims were never gracious with the English any more for the rest of the crusades and Saladin would from there on would immediately kill any enemy prisoners. after killing all of the people at acre Richard marched south and attacked the city of Arsuf. Monday, May 16, 2011
Richard the lionheated involvement in the crusades
He was the co-commander of the third crusade.he was given the position of commander when his partner and enemy Phillip left him for France. He besieged the city of acre for two years. he made Saladin pay him a huge ransom and since Saladin couldn't come up wit the money Richard brought out 2,700 surrendered Turkish soldiers and people of Acre and beheaded them all. Their are two accounts of this event, one is a christian historian saying that the good king (Richard) had brought out all of the terrible Muslims and killed them. Their is another account from a Muslim saying that the cold blooded king murdered all of the Muslim people. There for the Muslims were never gracious with the English any more for the rest of the crusades and Saladin would from there on would immediately kill any enemy prisoners. after killing all of the people at acre Richard marched south and attacked the city of Arsuf. 
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I think it is a good thing that Richard,the good king, had brought out all of the terrible Muslims and killed them. The only thing bad was that there is another account from a Muslim saying the cold blooded king murdered all of the Muslim people.
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