![]() ![]() Orlando Bloom’s character decides to stay and fight with whatever soldiers would join him as the Christian army of Jerusalem marches off on what ends up being a massacre (the Battle of Hattin). In this film (which I love, but not for its accuracy), Orlando Bloom plays a French crusader named Balian de Ibelin, raised in France and brought back to defend the Holy Land by another French nobleman (Godfrey de Ibelin, played by Liam Neeson) during the Third Crusade. Take the depiction of the siege of Jerusalem in 2005’s Kingdom of Heaven. The argument against these forms of history is that they are often more focused on a gripping narrative than on actual historical accuracy or objectivity. Popular history tends to take a wide, mass-appeal approach to the telling of history. One oft-lamented aspect of the field of history by academics is the prevalence of popular history, particularly in film, television, and non/fiction. ![]() Who was the Black Prince and how did he get such an awesome moniker? How accurate were the popular tales about Richard I’s crusade? I just wanted to learn more, and I did throughout college. I’m not an expert by any means, but learning about the English royalty is actually what first sparked my academic interest in history during high school. ![]() Medieval British History is my wheelhouse. ![]()
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