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Factionalism and political rivalry

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Intense internal rivalries among the crusaders included disputes between Richard I and Philip II over the division of spoils and the claimant to the throne of Jerusalem, Guy of Lusignan versus Conrad of Montferrat.

AQA · 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The Third and Fourth Crusades, 1187–1204 (A-level only) (study guide)

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1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The Third and Fourth Crusades, 1187–1204 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)

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