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Richard the Lionhearted beheads Muslims at Acre during Crusades
19th-century illustration, "Richard having the Saracens Beheaded," drawn by A. de Neuville. When Muslim leader Saladin refused to accede to the demands of Richard the Lionhearted after the siege of Acre during the Third Crusade in 1191, Richard ordered the death by beheading of the Muslim prisoners.
Image ID: 000155
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Image size: 8.4 Mpixels (24 MB uncompressed) - 2400x3490 pixels (8x11.6 in / 20.3x29.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Image keywords: 1100s, 12th-century, Acre, Crusades, Eon516, EonBudget, Events, Illustrations, Medieval, Middle Ages, Middle East, Richard the Lionhearted, Saladin, Saracens, Third Crusade, War-Conflict, executions, siege of Acre, John Clark Ridpath
