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Kingdom of Heaven (2005) x Tumblr Textposts Part 15

Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

[ramshackledtrickster]

Day 21: History

I really feel like Salah Ad-Din should have been in Ac1.

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[baudouinette]

my masterlist (under construction)

Reading sources of interest (Baldwin IV)

Letter from Baudouin and Sibylle

Letter from Baldwin to Constance of France (1177)

(more letters)

Letter of condolences from Saladin to Baldwin IV after his father, King Amaury’s passing. (1174)

A History of deeds done beyond the sea by William of Tyre

The Leper King and his heirs

I also recommend taking a look at his genealogy/family tree!

You can find it and other pertinent trees in the Leper King and his heirs as well.

ONE OF THE FIRST OR THE FIRST FIC OF BALDWIN

I saw in comments and messages, both here and on TikTok, that there’s been some new people joining the community, so I wanted to offer a few of my fav starting places for reading real documents of the time. And others to gain a little perspective of the real side of things.

Add your own sources and resources! I would add more myself, but I don’t have time to look through my 400+ open tabs and remember it all lmaooo but I will update this into a masterlist along the way if u wish :3 (and if you know of better quality alternatives to the ones I’ve linked lmk)

Edit: give me some time and I will sporadically update with my resources. They’re just super scattered and some I just forget about because they’re from ages ago. So I might have to dig.

Seguramente traduciré al español algunos de estos documentos, si están interesados 🤍

In [ ] are some of the things that still need to be linked or redacted (many others are still not even mentioned)

Crusades/Kingdom of Jerusalem resources

•The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem C. R. Conder

•The feudal nobility and the kingdom of Jerusalem, 1174-1277

•Feudal monarchy in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, 1100 to 1291

•Frankish rural settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Crusader Bible

1st, 2nd, 3rd crusades (YT)

Crusader orders (YT)

Order of Saint Lazarus (would like to add my own. Give me time lol)

Templar ≠ Crusader (YT)

Templar armor and weapons (YT)

General medieval resources (gear + clothing, weaponry, etc)

[one-handed knightly swords (later called arming swords)]

Ewart Oakeshott: Western Sword Typology info: links [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The sword in the age of chivalry

A knight and his weapons

A knight and his armor

A Knight and his horse

[Scimitar typology]

Modern History TV (YT)

Scholagladiatoria

Shadiversity (YT)

Helmets (give Baldwin a helmet, for the Lord’s sake)

Chainmail & gambesons (YT)

Common garments (YT)

12th century women's fashion (YT)

Medieval clothing terms

Medieval medicine (YT)

Hygene (YT) (can't find the video rn)

Old French language resources

Dictionnaire de l’ancien français

Petite syntaxe de l’ancien français

A breakdown of Yvain le chevalier

La chanson de Roland (YT)

The sound of Old French (YT)

Old French playlist

To make my phrases and translations quickly, I use wiktionary :)

Facts to take into consideration:

Castles: Typically, get used to forgetting that bare stone look. This could be true for new/hastily constructed castles and fortifications. But established infrastructure would be lime-washed/plastered. Many times painted. Many times colorful. On the inside, too—n they would be decorated, and full of tapestries. The more important a lordship (and where more often the King would pass through (royal castles)) and the more wealthy an area, the more true this would be. Churches would be colorful too. Painted with many motifs and icons. Mosaics can be included in your descriptions in many places too. Some Roman—or Greek, some Byzantine, some local.

Church of the Holy Sepulcher

"Catapults" & trebuchets

[Water supply/distribution/availability] / diseases associated

[General supply of goods to the Kingdom] —ports like Jaffa, Akka, Ascalon, Beirut, Tyr.

[The city of Jerusalem in contrast to the movie]

Royal Court:

Officers of the Kingdom of Jerusalem:

Constable: (second) in command of the army, judged military legal cases, paid mercenaries. On coronations, he held the King’s horse.

(1152-1179) Onfroi II de Toron

(1179-1194) Aimery de Lusignan

Marshal: next-in-command to constable. In charge of the military horses and mercenaries. He assisted the constable in coronations.

(c. 1179) “John”

(c. 1179) Gérard de Ridefort

Seneschal: managed the finances and royal castles, presided the haute cour in king’s absence. He administered the coronation ceremony.

(c. 1176) “Ralph”

(1176-1190) Josselin III d’Edesse

Chamberlain: in charge of the royal household and chambers, and servants. Had many other honorary or unofficial duties. Had to be of the utmost discretion. He would robe the king on coronation day.

(1175-1178) Amaury de Lusignan

(c. 1179) “John”

(c. 1184) “Raymond”

(1183-1185) Balian d’Ibelin

Butler: In charge of the royal table and vineyards.

(1185-1196) “Miles”

Chancellor: drew up deeds and charters and managed the diplomatic service. Usually clergymen.

(1174-1183) Guillaume de Tyr

(c. 1177) “Lambert”

Bailiff: regent in case of absence or minority of the legitimate ruler.

(1173-1177) Raymond III de Tripoli

(1177) Renaud de Châtillon

(1183-1185) Guy de Lusignan

Viscount and Castellan: Keeping criminality in check and administering justice. Not of high importance. Sometimes both offices were occupied by one person.

Castellan:

Rohard de Jaffa (1165-1177)

Balian de Jaffa (1178)

Peter of Creseto (1178)

Royal physician(s)

My stories:

Heaven Can’t Wait (Baldwin x OC)

Vide Cor Meum (Baldwin x time traveler OC) (assassin’s creed inspired)

REPEL (Baldwin x leper OC) (Greek tragedy style)

Sidi Mansour (Saladin x OC)

ART/Find me on:

My DeviantArt

My Pinterest

My instagram

My Youtube

[somethingstrangeishere]

Make way for Sultan Saladin!

(Please tap on the image for better quality)

‼️The outfit is NOT historically accurate‼️

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There are also various options for you to choose from:

[revvlation]

the feminine urge to rewatch this movie stroke me again

[chicken-blitz13]

ALRIGHT, IM DONE!!!

AHHHHH this was a little big project I had in a while- I used to do these types of art sgdgdsg but anyway, it's been awhile since I've drawn these two.

I decided to give Baldwin a helmet-crown for ✨safety purposes✨

I tried to make the horse tack semi accurate for the time but umm I forgot to do a proper bridle so funny time traveling horse tack are my favorite genre in medieval documentaries and movies hehehe

I have to crunch the quality for this so DA link.

So I saw a comment by @aurianavaloria in @somethingstrangeishere post (who is also drawing them playing polo together, I'm so excited to see this one!)

Also i used a reference

(Also fun fact, medieval horse saddles can injure or kill you, if you're unlucky)

[askthewhiteboard]

How Kingdom Of Heaven feels when Babygirl (King Baldwin) is not on screen

[eatmeandbirthmeagain]

Hey dear, how are you?👋🫶🧡

I had an idea for a short fanfic, and as I like, it has to do with the theme of Saladin's friendship with Baldwin. Anyway, the idea is related to the drawings that @chicken-blitz13 and @somethingstrangeishere created, specifically the ones where Saladin and Baldwin are playing polo. How about a fanfic in which Baldwin and Saladin meet for diplomatic negotiations (on not too global, but relatively small territorial issue, let's say) and during these negotiations one of the rulers casually drops the phrase "If only disputes were solved by games instead of battles...". (Or something like that). And then they get the idea that it's actually not a bad thing. As a result - Saladin and Baldwin decide by lot who chooses which game to play. As a result, they play polo. And then it's up to you, it'll be interesting to see who wins!😉

Always love you, thank you in advance💕

Drawings:

Credit @chicken-blitz13 and me

♡ Mallets And Hooves - King Baldwin & Saladin ♡

♡ Fluff ♡

A/N: HELLO GIRL!!! I am soooo sorry that it has taken FOREVER to get to this i've been so busy 😭. I loved writing this so much, I always enjoy writing these two as besties (they deserve it for real). I did change it up a little i'm sorry but I hope you like it anyway! I really hope you enjoy my friend! As always, this is based off the film Kingdom Of Heaven, not the real historical figures. Enjoy!

P.S. THIS IS NOT A SHIP FIC RAHHH!!!! I also really love the art 🤭and thank you to @chicken-blitz13 for coming up with the fic name 😭

TW: Leprosy

It was a warm evening in Jerusalem when the diplomatic negotiations first took place.

Earlier in the day Saladin had arrived at the castle with his own royal officials to begin the trade route negotiations and after a few hours of rest, the men were ready for the discussions.

Baldwin had been nervous about the affairs prior to the sultan's arrival, mostly because this was their first meeting since his victory all those years ago and he was yet to decide on how the other man would react after seeing him again.

Fortunately, the two had become acquainted quickly and soon the tension was all but gone. If only the same could be said for the other royal officials who had quickly taken to bickering about the affairs while Baldwin and Saladin exchanged glances of empathy and apologies for their counterparts behavior.

They had been at it for hours, so much so that the sun had grown low in the sky and due to the insistence of the other men, a conclusion had yet to be reached.

The sultan rubbed his eyes and sighed as Baldwin yawned behind the iron mask that covered his bored expression. It was truly draining for the both of them and the end seemed nowhere in sight.

Baldwin had not been paying attention for the most part but his attention was grabbed as one of the smaller rulers mumbled, “if only disputes were solved by games instead of battles…”.

The idea of a game of polo lifted the young king's spirits immensely, “alright, enough for now. Meeting dismissed, we shall continue tomorrow” Baldwin said loud enough for them all to hear.

He turned to the sultan for approval and was met with a tired nod.

The officials grumbled in annoyance and stood to leave, collecting their papers as they went.

Baldwin stood and approached the chair next to Saladin who seemed hesitant to get up just yet. The young king sat down and sighed.

“If only he were right..” Baldwin mumbled.

“Sorry?” the sultan replied.

“If only disputes were solved by games instead of battles!” 

Saladin chuckled. “Yes, that would certainly make things much easier” he said, looking out into the distance.

“Would you like to play a game of polo before the food is prepared?” Baldwin offered, a small smile creeping onto his face.

A similar smile came to the sultan at the kings strange request, “that would be wonderful”.

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The two left for the stables, talking about what they would discuss tomorrow and complaining of the behavior of their own men.

“Children! I swear that's all they are” Saladin said, throwing his hands in the air as Baldwin mounted his own horse.

The young king laughed, “yes it definitely seems that way" “I will speak to all of them tonight about their behavior. We are here to make peace, not war” the sultan said honestly as he mounted his own horse. 

So the two set off with the sun casting an orange glow over the desert.

They began to play as the sun got lower and lower in the sky until it was near impossible to see the ball in front of them. The game came to a perfect tie, the two of them laughing about that as they rode back to the stables.

Baldwin's body ached but it was worth it. As of that evening, he considered Saladin a good friend and not somebody to bicker about stupid things with as their officials and advisors did.

When the two arrived back at the castle, dinner for most was prepared in the dining hall and Baldwins in his chambers.

When Saladin saw the young king walk past the table and to his rooms, he followed.

“My friend! Are you not going to dine with us?” he said, confused.

Baldwin simply tapped his mask with a gloved finger in reply.

“I can assure you, nobody would want to see what's under this” that statement made the sultan's heart ache for the young man. He must be so lonely, eating alone in his rooms every night.

“Well in that case, I shall take my food and go with you” he said returning to the dining room before Baldwin could protest. 

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The two walked to Baldwin's chambers in silence with Saladin trying his best to concentrate on balancing two plates and a cup in his hands after the refusal of a servant's help, insisting that he did not wish to waste her time her.

Once inside, the two sat down at the small table on the royal balcony.

Baldwin hesitated at removing his mask in front of the other man and Saladin noticed this right away.

“I can assure you my friend, your appearance could never bother me. I admire you for your leadership and respect you as a friend. Nothing could change that” he said with a small, reassuring smile.

The young king sighed and pulled back the head covering to reveal his hair before slowly peeling off the mask, exposing his bandaged face to the cool night air.

Saladin grinned, “ah, you see! Nothing but the face of a brilliant leader, and a good friend”.

He raised his glass to Baldwin. The young king smiled and raised his glass in return.

“To peace between our people, as peace has come between us” the sultan said happily.

“To peace between our people” Baldwin repeated, equally as happy as his new friend.

[dark-raven-666]

Kingdom of heaven masterlist

Baldwin x reader. Beautiful

Salahuddin x reader

Forbidden love. Salahuddin x reader

Under the moon light. Salahuddin x reader

Under the moon light (Arabic)

Baldwin x reader angst

A fun day in Jerusalem

[peichialin]

[incorrect-koh-posts]

Masterlist of KoH-related Novels

Below you'll find a list of every novel I know of that is set in the same period as Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005), covers at least some of the same events and features some or all of the historical figures that also appear in the film. The list will be updated occasionally as I work my way through. Enjoy!

✷ English-language novels & novels available in translation

1879: Lady Sibyl's Choice (Emily Sarah Holt) -> thoughts

1937: The Leper King (Zofia Kossak, originally published in Polish) -> thoughts

1954: Knight Crusader (Ronald Welch)

1965: The Wandering Unicorn (Manuel Mujica Lainez, originally published in Spanish) -> thoughts

1969: The Knights of Dark Renown (Graham Shelby) -> thoughts

1989: Alamut (Judith Tarr)

1991: The Dagger and the Cross (Judith Tarr)

1992: Pagan's Crusade (Catherine Jinks)

1996: Jerusalem (Cecelia Holland) -> thoughts

1998: The Book of Saladin (Tariq Ali)

1998 - 2000: Arn the Knight Templar series (Jan Guillou, originally published in Swedish)

The Road to Jerusalem (1998)

The Knight Templar (1999)

The Kingdom at the End of the Road (2000)

2004: Crusader King (Susan Peek)

2006: Sand Daughter (Sarah Bryant)

2007: The Leper Crown (George Morgan)

2009 - 2021: The Magdalen Cycle series (Scott R. Rezer)

#1: The Leper King (2009)

#2: The Pawns of Sion (2015)

#3: The Gambit Queen (2021)

2011: The King's Witch (Cecelia Holland)

2011 - 2013: Saladin trilogy (Jack Hight)

Eagle (2011)

Kingdom (2012)

Holy War (2013)

2011 - 2023: The Last King of Legends series (Serafia Cross)

#1: The Kingmakers (2011)

#2: In the Face of Trials (2012)

#3: The Sovereign Gambit (2015)

#4: The King's Last Deeds (2023)

2012 - 2017: Outremer Chronicles series (Peter Tolladay)

#1: The Templar's Apprentice (2012)

#2: The Harsh Mistress (2014)

#3: The Thorn in the Crown (2016)

2014 - 2016: Balian d'Ibelin series (Helena P. Schrader) -> thoughts

#1: Knight of Jerusalem (2014)

#2: Defender of Jerusalem (2015)

#3: Envoy of Jerusalem (2016)

2018: Templar Silks (Elizabeth Chadwick)

2018 - 2020: The Brotherhood series (K. M. Ashman)

#1: Templar Steel (2018)

#2: Templar Stone (2019)

#3: Templar Blood (2020)

2018 - 2023: Watchers of Outremer series (Suzannah Rowntree)

#2: The Lady of Kingdoms (2019)

#5: The House of Mourning (2023)

2020: The Leper King (Peter Busby)

2020: The Land Beyond the Sea (Sharon Kay Penman) -> thoughts

✷ Non-English novels not available in translation:

1959: L'Étoile de Pourpre (Serge Dalens & Pierre Joubert, French comic)

1999 - 2017: Die Templerin series (Wolfgang & Rebecca Hohlbein, German)

#3: Die Rückkehr der Templerin (2004)

#4: Das Wasser des Lebens (2008)

#5: Das Testament Gottes (2011)

#6: Das Band des Schicksals (2017)

2002: Thibaut ou la Croix Perdue (Juliette Benzoni, French)

2007: Las Lanzas de Jerusalén (Georges Bordonove, Spanish)

2019: Die Assassinin (Alexandra Cavelius, German)

✷ Tangentially related:

1946: mentions of KoH characters in The World is not Enough (Zoé Oldenbourg)

1997: Queen of Swords (Judith Tarr), about Baldwin's grandmother Melisende

[rosaline-ayguldin]

NOTHING, EVERYTHING!!

[baudouinette]

[somethingstrangeishere]

Day one of creating KoH stickers for the stickerpack✅

(I'm posting two pictures since I forgot to post the first Baldwin sticker yesterday. And yes, he's without leprosy - I forgot about that, ahhh)

More stickers will appear in my reblogs, don't miss out😉