Just saw Kingdom of Heaven yesterday night at 1130pm(My brother dragged me to it,heh).Was a bit skeptical of the quality,since most medieval shows I've watched,eg Troy were mostly overhyped and lacking in substance.I guess this show was a bit different in that the director has obviously done his homework and tried to keep to history .Here's something I got off a friend's blog: =)
Amaury was convinced that Egypt had to come into the possession of the Crusader Kingdom. Amaury's foe in the endeavor was Nur-ed-Din. Amaury never succeeded. He died in 1174, the same year as Nur-ed-Din. This left his thirteen year old son, Baldwin IV, to rule the kingdom. Not only was the boy to face Nur-ed-Din's successor, Saladin, but he would have to overcome his physical defect as well. He was afflicted with leprosy.
The boy was brave, well educated and withstood the rigors of ruling a hard held country and being seriously ill. He had regents carry out his work when he could not, and when he died in 1185, leaving no heir, his sister Sibylias's son, Baldwin V, became king. But the boy was only five or six years old and sickly. He died the following year. There was a skirmish for control within the court, and Amaury's daughter, Sibylla, and her husband, Guy of Lusignan, took control, with Guy being made king.
The year was 1187, Saladin had enough of broken treatys, renegade Crusader Princes' (see Reginald of Chatillon) attacking Arab caravans and the harassment of his people. Saladin's army started a march on Jerusalem. His army met up with King Guy at the Horns of Hattin on July 4th, 1187. Guy was poorly advised. He was greatly outnumbered but he attacked, and after a long, bloody battle, was taken prisoner. Balian of Ibelin was also captured at this time, but begged permission to return to Jerusalem to look after his ailing wife, the former wife of Amaury. Saladin wasn't heartless, and allowed Balian to go.
Balian arrived in Jerusalem to find chaos. He placed himself in charge, as he was the highest ranking officer. He then proceeded to fortify the city in preparation for a possible siege. Saladin arrived at the Mount of Olives on September 26th. Balian held the city till September 30th, when he and Saladin finally agreed to come to terms and Balian surrendered the city to Saladin. The Crusaders left the city of Jerusalem, their capitol, to the armies of Saladin, thirty days later.
I dare say,this is one of the best and more meaningful movies that I have watched.The depth of scope that it covered was broad and it really let me have a feel of how it was like during the Crusades.
The Christians who started this had a view of God and Christianity that was so wrong!
Man is sinful after all,and only God is true...sometimes it's not God,but it's Man,together with all his sinful desires and selfish ambitions that makes a religion seem so terrible.A lot of things cannot be explained in this world,and I won't try to explain them in my blog,because only God is God,and many of the things He does are unfathomable. =)
'...You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!
Shall what is formed say to him who formed it,
"He did not make me"?
Can the pot say of the potter,
"He knows nothing"? (Isaiah 29:15-17)
What these verses are trying to say is this:That we should not question God,because He created us and He is sovereign.
Amaury was convinced that Egypt had to come into the possession of the Crusader Kingdom. Amaury's foe in the endeavor was Nur-ed-Din. Amaury never succeeded. He died in 1174, the same year as Nur-ed-Din. This left his thirteen year old son, Baldwin IV, to rule the kingdom. Not only was the boy to face Nur-ed-Din's successor, Saladin, but he would have to overcome his physical defect as well. He was afflicted with leprosy.
The boy was brave, well educated and withstood the rigors of ruling a hard held country and being seriously ill. He had regents carry out his work when he could not, and when he died in 1185, leaving no heir, his sister Sibylias's son, Baldwin V, became king. But the boy was only five or six years old and sickly. He died the following year. There was a skirmish for control within the court, and Amaury's daughter, Sibylla, and her husband, Guy of Lusignan, took control, with Guy being made king.
The year was 1187, Saladin had enough of broken treatys, renegade Crusader Princes' (see Reginald of Chatillon) attacking Arab caravans and the harassment of his people. Saladin's army started a march on Jerusalem. His army met up with King Guy at the Horns of Hattin on July 4th, 1187. Guy was poorly advised. He was greatly outnumbered but he attacked, and after a long, bloody battle, was taken prisoner. Balian of Ibelin was also captured at this time, but begged permission to return to Jerusalem to look after his ailing wife, the former wife of Amaury. Saladin wasn't heartless, and allowed Balian to go.
Balian arrived in Jerusalem to find chaos. He placed himself in charge, as he was the highest ranking officer. He then proceeded to fortify the city in preparation for a possible siege. Saladin arrived at the Mount of Olives on September 26th. Balian held the city till September 30th, when he and Saladin finally agreed to come to terms and Balian surrendered the city to Saladin. The Crusaders left the city of Jerusalem, their capitol, to the armies of Saladin, thirty days later.
I dare say,this is one of the best and more meaningful movies that I have watched.The depth of scope that it covered was broad and it really let me have a feel of how it was like during the Crusades.
The Christians who started this had a view of God and Christianity that was so wrong!
Man is sinful after all,and only God is true...sometimes it's not God,but it's Man,together with all his sinful desires and selfish ambitions that makes a religion seem so terrible.A lot of things cannot be explained in this world,and I won't try to explain them in my blog,because only God is God,and many of the things He does are unfathomable. =)
'...You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!
Shall what is formed say to him who formed it,
"He did not make me"?
Can the pot say of the potter,
"He knows nothing"? (Isaiah 29:15-17)
What these verses are trying to say is this:That we should not question God,because He created us and He is sovereign.
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