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Outremer is a tactical board wargame of personal combat for two or more players in which one side controls one or more Crusader knights, and the other side controls opposing Saracens. [ 1 ] The rule system was first developed for a previous game published by Standard Games, Cry Havoc , although Outremer includes several revisions and ...
The Crusader states, or Outremer, were four Catholic polities that existed in the Levant from 1098 to 1291. Following the principles of feudalism , the foundation for these polities was laid by the First Crusade , which was proclaimed by the Latin Church in 1095 in order to reclaim the Holy Land after it was lost to the 7th-century Muslim ...
The fall of Acre was a fatal blow to the Latin Christians of Outremer. For the Muslims, the victory at Acre affirmed their faith's dominance over Christianity and their triumph in the war for the Holy Land. The siege of Acre was depicted in a painting displayed in the Salles des Croisades (Hall of Crusades) at the Palace of Versailles.
With a tip of the hat to Agatha Christie and a nod toward “Twelve Angry Men,” writer-director Ted Geoghegan (“Mohawk”) skillfully sustains suspense and showcases a strong cast in ...
American soldiers blast their flamethrowers into caves, the oily fire whipping around like something out of a dragon’s mouth. On Okinawa, grenades burst into mounds of curling black smoke, and ...
Review of "The Rule, Statutes and Customs of the Hospitallers 1099-1310," by E. J. King. Speculum, 10(3), 347–349. [425] The Noble Houses of Outremer (1937). Genealogical and biographical studies of the Crusading States. John of Ibelin. The Old Lord of Beirut, 1177-1236 (1937). [426] Some Problems in Crusading Historiography (1940).
The Spirit of '45 is a 2013 documentary film by British director Ken Loach, focused on and celebrating the radical changes in post-war Britain under the Labour government of Clement Attlee, which came to power in 1945.
However, Clement IV died in November 1268 and it was almost three years until Gregory X became the new pope, and the king of Castile had little influence in Aragon. James, who had just completed the conquest of Murcia, began collecting funds for a crusade. [45] On 1 September 1269, he sailed east from Barcelona with a powerful squadron.