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The Third Crusade: Richard The Lionheart Vs. Saladin

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Punch was an English magazine, so it could be argued that the English are more know their history and remember their leaders favorably, but other publications from different times and regions view Richard in similar fashion, a and give little mention, if any of Philip. American professor Casper W. Weinberger introduces a book for younger education titled The Third Crusade: Richard the Lionheart vs. Saladin. In Weinberger’s introduction, he argues that he uses the ‘great man’ theory, which is the ‘study of principle leaders or accepted geniuses who are felt to have shaped the events that became part of tapestry history.’ The book was produced for early education; an American professor published this book 87 years after Punch and views Richard

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