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They took Spain from us, though we were fighting for our very hearths and homes but when we, too, fought for that mighty idea, a Catholic Church, we swept them back to Africa.” Clearly, director Ridley Scott does not agree with the above somewhat simplified philosophy expressed by Shaw through his character Don Juan. What force was it that met him with a valor as reckless as his own? The force of men who fought, not for themselves, but for Islam. In Jerusalem at that moment–between the Second and Third Crusades–a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military Review: “Why was the Crusader braver then the pirate? Because he fought, not for himself, but for the Cross. Revealing himself as Balian’s father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City.
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