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Execution of the Acre prisoners (1191)

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20 Aug 1191 — ransom negotiations have stalled, and Richard orders the execution of some 2,700 Muslim prisoners from Acre’s surrendered garrison. Saladin’s army can see the killings. This brutal act of war is a site of memory.

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Site of memory
Chapter
Third Crusade (chapter 7 of Crusades)
Atlas
The Crusades, 1095–1291
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Map showing Execution of the Acre prisoners (1191), site of memory in The Crusades, 1095–1291
SITE OF MEMORY · THE CRUSADES, 1095–1291

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