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Kingdom of Heaven - is it accurate?

Kingdom of Heaven - is it accurate?

Was Ridley Scott's classic movie a reliable depiction of the Crusades?

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Tony McMahon
Apr 14, 2025
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Greetings Gold and Silver Level Templar Knights. Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven was a great movie to watch - but it’s historical inaccuracies have always bugged me.

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Ridley Scott's 2005 movie Kingdom of Heaven brought the history of the Crusades to millions of cinema-goers. Five years before, Scott had transported us back to ancient Rome with Gladiator - now we were to be immersed the medieval period. But was Kingdom of Heaven historically accurate - and does it matter if it wasn't?

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