Slaget om Hattin 1187

[Svenska Björnen]

Nu är båda tvivelaktiga källor men ändå:

I spelet Age of Kings, så säger dom att Saladin skonade alla korsriddare som togs till fånga.

I Arnböckerna så står det att alla korsriddare halshöggs.

Vem har fel?

[B Hellqvist]

Från "Hattin 1187" av David Nicolle, Osprey Publishing 1993:

All captured Templars and Hospitallers were given the choice of converting to Islam or execution. Conversion under threat of death is contrary to Muslim law but on this occasion Saladin seems to have considered that the Military Orders, as dedicated fanatics with a bloody record on their own, were too dangerous to spare - 230 being slaughtered. A few converted and one Templar of Spanish origin later commanded the Damascus garrison in 1229 (...)

I det här fallet verkar Guillou haft torrt på fötterna. Överhuvudtaget innehåller "Tempelriddaren" rätt få faktafel.

[Djinghis Khan]

Från "Hattin 1187" av David Nicolle, Osprey Publishing 1993:

All captured Templars and Hospitallers were given the choice of converting to Islam or execution. Conversion under threat of death is contrary to Muslim law but on this occasion Saladin seems to have considered that the Military Orders, as dedicated fanatics with a bloody record on their own, were too dangerous to spare - 230 being slaughtered. A few converted and one Templar of Spanish origin later commanded the Damascus garrison in 1229 (...)

I det här fallet verkar Guillou haft torrt på fötterna. Överhuvudtaget innehåller "Tempelriddaren" rätt få faktafel.

Tycker inte jag, Guillou fantiserar lite som han vill. Men David Nicolle är en mycket bra författare, honom kan man lita på