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::::::: Time and resources were on the side of Saladin. Saladin wanted to keep Richard from advancing and knew he could not do so with his prisoners. He stalled to get Richard to run out of supplies and give himself time to mount a defense and Richard showed him he was serious the way that they would in that time period. In the end Richard was unable to take Jerusalem when Saladin continued to attack that same weakness by retreating with a "scorched earth" policy including poisoning all wells so Richard would run out of food and water. Their admiration was seen in their coming to an arrangement to end the Crusade after personally talking with each other, an arrangement that both men trusted and honored. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 03:20, 8 March 2008 (EST)
::::::: Time and resources were on the side of Saladin. Saladin wanted to keep Richard from advancing and knew he could not do so with his prisoners. He stalled to get Richard to run out of supplies and give himself time to mount a defense and Richard showed him he was serious the way that they would in that time period. In the end Richard was unable to take Jerusalem when Saladin continued to attack that same weakness by retreating with a "scorched earth" policy including poisoning all wells so Richard would run out of food and water. Their admiration was seen in their coming to an arrangement to end the Crusade after personally talking with each other, an arrangement that both men trusted and honored. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 03:20, 8 March 2008 (EST)
== Gottschalk ==
There are many reasons to favor the information as written.
1) Durant barely mentions him
2) He operated quickly; nobles take time to gather an army as did the others who actually answered the call
3) He is never given a title, unlike Count Emicho right under him
4) He did not fight in the Holy Land, an oddity for a noble with an army of 10,000 -- which would have been one of the largest assembled.
5) He should have been sought after extensively to join the Crusade -- he was not
All indications point to the idea that your source is embellishing. It's not the first time a writer of a book has done so. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 21:14, 5 June 2008 (EDT)