Crusader Routes

Hello,all.


My character is a Crusader and I am trying to find out the route he would have taken to get to Ruad from England. I found the route to get to the Holy Land but information about this particular route is proving hard to locate.

If anyone could kindly offer assistance or point me in the right direction,I would appreciate it very much.


Thanks in advance.

shaldna said:

I have no idea, ruad's in syria right?

if she doesn't see this you should message medievalist, if she doesn't know, then she'll know where to send you to look.

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Hey,Shaldna!

Yes,it's located in Syria. I will do that. I am going crazy trying to find this route.

waylander said:

When is your character making the journey? Time of year and which year?

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Hello,waylander.

He's going in the spring of 1302.

waylander said:

Most likely from Cyprus.
Still thinking about how he'd get to Cyprus

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Thank you for trying. I have looked everywhere! I didn't want to make up something and then have it make no sense. I want to be historically accurate.

If he went to Marseilles and sailed from there to Cyprus, do you think that would that be feasible?

dpaterso said:

Malta was a Templar stronghold for this reason.

A Google search on crusade routes is informative.

-Derek

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Hello,Derek.

I tried it. I will go back again and see what comes up.

waylander said:

Most likely from Cyprus.
More likely by stages of a sea voyage.
During that period Edward I was at war with Philip IV of France over control of Gascony so through France seems less likely.

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Gotcha. I am going to go back to the Google drawing board. Thank you for helping.

Medievalist said:

The maps in Terry Jones The Crusades may help you; I remember them being pretty good.

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Thank you,Medievalist. I will check it out. Rep points all around for the kind help. Thanks,y'all.