Richard Lionheart Captured
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After he negotiated the Treaty of Jaffa with Saladin and secured the right of Christian pilgrims are granted special rights of travel around Palestine and in Jerusalem, Richard the Lionheart departed from home in 1192 - but he had made many enemies. He was shipwrecked, captured, and given to German Emperor Henry VI. His 150,000-mark ransom was raised through heavy taxes in England.
