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Your source would be good, but it concentrates on his battlecraft etc., This is something else. I have cites on Acre but they concentrate on the siege, not the aftermath. Cheers [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 01:02, 31 May 2007 (EDT)
Your source would be good, but it concentrates on his battlecraft etc., This is something else. I have cites on Acre but they concentrate on the siege, not the aftermath. Cheers [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 01:02, 31 May 2007 (EDT)
Thanks, you've certainly done your homework. I seem to recall there was another view for this that I had heard. Basically, Saladin was stalling. He wanted to consolidate his forces and knew that Richard couldn't march forward if he had to look after and feed 2,700 prisoners. He feared Richard's army (and rightly so when you see what happened the few times they directly fought) and wanted do whatever it took to put as many conditions in his favor as possible. Richard was ready to head towards Jerusalem pretty much immediately, especially due to his limited resources, and wasted no time once he killed the prisoners. There wasn't much time to achieve his objective. In the end, Richard signed a treaty without taking Jerusalem for that reason. He didn't have the supplies any longer to make it a reality. Also, usually if someone is cruel and sadistic, it appears throughout their military campaigns. That it occurred once usually means there were other reasons, as noted above. Just my thoughts [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 13:33, 31 May 2007 (EDT)