Defending the Crusader Kingdoms

This blog is dedicated to discussing the Crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. Dr. Schrader holds a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. For more information visit: http://defenderofjerusalem.com or http://crusaderkingdoms.com

Friday, October 7, 2016

Reflections on Richard the Lionheart

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The Statue of Richard the Lionheart in front of the Houses of Parliament, London Over the years, I have provided short biographies ...

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Friday, September 30, 2016

Surrender of the Holy City - September 30, 1187

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As dawn broke on September 30, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, residents and refugees alike, were facing almost certain slaughter. The...

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Friday, September 23, 2016

Hygiene in the Crusader States: Of Baths, Aqueducts and Sewers

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One of the most persistent myths about the Middle Ages is that people did not bathe regularly and went around dirty and stinking. This i...

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Helena P. Schrader: Helena P. Schrader is a former U.S. diplomat, who earned her PhD in Modern History from the University of Hamburg. She spent roughly one-third of her life in Berlin and first explored the pivotal events of the Berlin Crisis 1948-1949 in her comprehensive non-fiction study The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift. Schrader is the author of twenty novels, twelve of which have earned one or more literary awards. Three of her books have also attained "best-seller" status on amazon, including #1 Best Seller in the categories Aviation History and Wartime Fiction.

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