Kingdom of Heaven
Special Section on the new movie dealing with the Crusades
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Kingdom of Heaven Special Section on the new movie dealing with the Crusades |
In 2005, the film Kingdom of Heaven is being released. Directed by Ridley Scott, this film portrays the battle for the Holy Land during the Crusades in the later half of the twelfth century. The movie will be opening in North America and Europe from May 4th to May 6th. Many of its viewers might want to have better understanding of the historical events on which this movie is based, and our website has available several accounts and academic articles related to the episodes and people mentioned in the film. We hope you will find our resources valuable, and if you have any questions, feel free to post them on our message board. If you have seen the movie, please take the time to answer our Survey about it General Background on the Crusades The best online work on this subject is A History of the Crusades, edited by Kenneth Setton. Another good online source is The Crusades, by Skip Knox. Please also see Crusades: A Guide to the Online Sources, edited by Paul Crawford. Primary Sources Eyewitness accounts of the First Crusade (1095-1099) Letters of the Crusaders written from the Holy Land Three accounts of The Battle of Hattin (1187) - I believe the Battle of Hattin will be featured in the film The Battle of Hattin from a Muslim source Description of Naval Battle off of Acre (1190) Academic Articles Frontier Warfare in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem: The Campaign of Jacob's Ford, 1178-79 - by Malcolm Barber The Presentation of the Franks in Selected Muslim Sources from the Crusades of the 12th Century - by Niall Christie Some Medieval Accounts of Saladin's Recovery of Jerusalem (Al-Quds) - by Hadia Dajani-Shakeel Saladin and Muslim Military Theory - by William J. Hamblin The Battle of Hattin Revisited - by Benjamin Z. Kedar The Use of the Charge in Battles in the Latin East, 1192 - 1291 - by Christopher J. Marshall Who Went on the Crusades to the Holy Land - by Christopher Tyreman Book Reviews David Nicolle, Crusader Castles in the Holy Land, 1097-1192, by David Nicolle Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade, by James Reston, Jr. The Crusades: The Essential Readings, edited by Thomas F. Madden Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare in Societies Around the Mediterranean, edited by L.J. Andrew Villalon and Donald J. Kagay A Concise History of the Crusades. Critical Issues in History, by Thomas F. Madden Kingdom of Heaven in the News Author claims 'Kingdom of Heaven' is his idea (CBC) - April 29, 2005 When Worlds Collide (The Guardian) - April 29, 2005 The tale is history, but the conflict is now (Ottawa Citizen) - April 28, 2005 Tolerance triumph in Kingdom of Heaven (Calcutta Telegraph) - April 25, 2005 Saladin and Sir Ridley: Hollywood does holy war (Lebanon Daily Star) - March 16, 2005 Ridley Scott's new Crusades film 'panders to Osama bin Laden' (The Daily Telegraph) - January 18, 2004 Other Websites http://www.kingdomofheavenmovie.com/ - Official Website of 'Kingdom of Heaven' http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kingdom_of_heaven/ - Rotten Tomatoes is a website where you can find hundreds of reviews about this film, plus other information. |