Third Crusade 

 

 

 

·Who created it Lyon Eracles version

 

·Date made early thirteenth-century.

 

·Subject matter

 

·Purpose The Old French Continuation of William of Tyra

 

·Perspective southern

 

The Third Crusade, also known as The Kings' Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin.

The remission of sins promised to the Crusaders is put in the context of Christian charity. The suggestion is that it is more appropriate to go on Crusade for reasons of piety rather than greed. The two further references are to decrees which were intended to control recruitment and secure the marital rights of wives.Europe could not be left without sufficient priests and monks to pray for and look after the spiritual needs of those who had not been able to go on crusade, so bishops and abbots would have needed to monitor carefully those clerics and monks who went.