"Saladin à Jérusalem", by Alexandre-Évarist Fragonard, 1830-50. (Wikimedia Commons) Towards the middle of the 12th century, much of the Holy Land was in the hands of European Christians. Beginning in 1095, the Catholic Church had sanctioned a number of religious expeditions known as the Crusades, efforts at capturing the Holy Lands and Christendom's most sacred…
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