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William of Tyre

William of Tyre was a medieval prelate and chronicler. As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes known as William II to distinguish him from his predecessor, William I, the Englishman, a former Prior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, who was Archbishop of Tyre from 1127 to 1135. He grew up in Jerusalem at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which had been established in 1099 after the First Crusade, and he spent twenty years studying the liberal arts and canon law in the universities of Europe.

1130 - September 29, 1186
Put an end to so great an evil and arrive at a peace settlement whatever the outcome, and whatever the conditions. — © William of Tyre
Put an end to so great an evil and arrive at a peace settlement whatever the outcome, and whatever the conditions.
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