The Knights Templar. Pt.3 - Frontier

Warfare was expensive in men and horses, and for decades the order had followed a cautious policy in the East.This policy had even included truces with local Islamic leaders, which made other crusaders deeply uneasy. Especially when they negotiated with the leader of a Shia muslim sect called the Assasins.

Fredrick II of Germany reaches a deal with the Sultan of Egypt , which secures Jerusalem for christianity. Almost single handedly,and without bloodshed, the German emperor had finally recovered Jerusalem for Christianity.

The Knights Templar were not impressed.