None of this, however, could detract from the general sense that Richard the Lionheart had saved the Franks of Outremer. He had arrived in the Holy Land as a new king with everything to prove. He left as a living legend: hated by some, revered by others, feared by all. His name would quickly become synonymous with the Christians’ desire to win back Jerusalem at any cost. Fifty years after his death, Muslim mothers were said to quiet their unruly children by saying, “Hush! Or I will send king Richard of England to you.”
