The ones who claim him to be a hero,,,do you think slaughtering 3000 civilians( including women - children) in Akka castle is something related with heroism or.................... inferiority
2007-10-12 09:44:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
a little of both, battle of Acre was not his finest moment. On August 20, Richard thought that Saladin had delayed too much, and had 2700 of the Muslim prisoners from the garrison of Acre killed, including women and children despite having promised that he would only sell the prisoners off. He was also quite gay with King Phillip of France. maybe that effected his judgment and caused him to overcompensate, who knows...
2007-10-12 09:51:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was a military mastermind and behaved ruthlessly to his enemies He was revered by his most worthy rival, Saladin who also slaughtered civilians, but it goes with the territory war is war civilians get killed it happened then and it happens now and king Richard was a hero and one of the greatest kings of England who is remembered by reputation
reply to g6ypk
he did receive a hero's welcome upon his return to England and is still known as one of England's greatest warrior kings he may well of been the absent king so what, the man was a hero in the eyes of the english
2007-10-12 10:57:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To reply to Luke3... No Richard was not a hero in England. The people never knew the man; he only spent six months in England. England was nothing more than revenue collecting point for his wars with Saladin.
2007-10-12 11:52:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He was not a pleasant person but he was typical of nobility at that time.
2007-10-12 18:26:02 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MORE BAD THAN GOOD
2007-10-12 10:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋