Entries for the tag ‘Third Crusade (1189-92)’
An attempt by Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187 . 
- 2 February 1188: Pilgrim-soldier Margaret of Beverley is freed after 15 months of slavery following the siege of Jerusalem
- 17 March 1190: Jewish survivors of preceding massacres and overnight suicides plead from York castle walls to be allowed to convert to Christianity
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