Following Orders

[Lady Christina de Pond]

netflicks doesn't tell me which release it is.

do you remember the part where the guy insults his father and says one of his sons is a nun and the other is a beer keg

i wondered if the crosses were wrong

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

For some reason I wasn't tying him in as a brother.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

This date in Medieval Crusading History:

14 June

1098: Peter Bartholomew finds the Holy Lance during the First Crusade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bartholomew
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08773a.htm

[Lady Christina de Pond]

comment

6. his horse is beautiful

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

6. his horse is beautiful

That's called transference. The fact that a Templar sits upon the horse's back cause's this rare event to occur (due in no small part to the radiance of the Templar's faith), thus making the horse look beautiful.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

This date in Medieval Crusading History:

15 June

1215 – King John of England (Richard the Lionheart's brother) puts his seal to the Magna Carta.

1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians. (Hospitaller involvement)

See more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo

[Lady Christina de Pond]

7. o.k. it was a beautiful love story

8. i did not like the end

9. Warrior what were you doing serving the enemy( i saw you)

10. all in all it was a good movie but i'm the type who wants a happy ending it was romantic that he died in her arms but it was sad.

11. two thumbs up

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

7. o.k. it was a beautiful love story

A twist to the Romeo and Juliet theme, due to forced separation due to the Laws of the Church and not that of the family.

8. i did not like the end

Heroes don't like to die in bed, and he did get to see her one last time!

9. Warrior what were you doing serving the enemy( i saw you)

?

10. all in all it was a good movie but i'm the type who wants a happy ending it was romantic that he died in her arms but it was sad. 

refer to item number 8

11. two thumbs up

because that's all you have, I will add mine to yours as well, for a total of four thumbs up!

[Lady Christina de Pond]

7. o.k. it was a beautiful love story

9. Warrior what were you doing serving the enemy( i saw you)
?

i saw you sitting on the horse beside Saladin before they set fire to the camp

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Better get them "peepers" checked!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

This date in Medieval Crusading History:

16 June

1147 - Bad weather forced the ships to stop on the Portuguese coast, at the northern city of Porto, during the operation that would become the Siege of Lisbon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lisbon

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

This date in Medieval Crusading History:

17 June

1462 – Vlad III "the Impaler" attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Attack

1239 – Birth of King Edward I of England (Edward Longshanks) (d. 1307)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England

[Lady Christina de Pond]

hmmm warrior what did you do with the rest of your brothers?

[Hospitaller]

Lady C,
A few of us are still around. Just can't spend much time on the forums due to work and home time constraints.
Still take a few minutes most days to view what the venerable Brother Warrior posts on Crusading history. After all....he is our hero!!;)

[Lady Christina de Pond]

i was making yall were still around it seems to have gotten very quiet around here lately