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Page viii
... besiege Nice - Capture of a spy -Battle with the Turks - Their defeat - Cruelty of the victors -Retaliation by the Turks - Bravery of a Saracen , who is killed by Godfrey - A breach made - Alexius ' intrigues successful - He becomes ...
... besiege Nice - Capture of a spy -Battle with the Turks - Their defeat - Cruelty of the victors -Retaliation by the Turks - Bravery of a Saracen , who is killed by Godfrey - A breach made - Alexius ' intrigues successful - He becomes ...
Page ix
... besiege the city - It holds out - Treachery of the Armenian and Syrian Christians - Desertions from the Christian camp - Peter the Hermit deserts and is brought back - Want of success attributed by the priests to the excesses of the ...
... besiege the city - It holds out - Treachery of the Armenian and Syrian Christians - Desertions from the Christian camp - Peter the Hermit deserts and is brought back - Want of success attributed by the priests to the excesses of the ...
Page xi
... besieged - Tancred's death -His character - Baldwin's marriage , and divorce - Expedition to Egypt - Death of Baldwin - Election of a new king - Baldwin du Bourg chosen - Anecdote of his poverty when King of Edessa -He is made prisoner ...
... besieged - Tancred's death -His character - Baldwin's marriage , and divorce - Expedition to Egypt - Death of Baldwin - Election of a new king - Baldwin du Bourg chosen - Anecdote of his poverty when King of Edessa -He is made prisoner ...
Page 39
... besieged one of our towns , and killed all its inhabitants . In spite , however , of his wicked conduct , we allowed Gottschalk's expe- dition to pass through our dominions ; but as the troops that followed him behaved equally badly ...
... besieged one of our towns , and killed all its inhabitants . In spite , however , of his wicked conduct , we allowed Gottschalk's expe- dition to pass through our dominions ; but as the troops that followed him behaved equally badly ...
Page 64
... besieged , instructing them to open secret negotiations for its surrender to himself , and with orders to work on ... besiege it instead , as soon as Count Raymond de Toulouse , whose army had not arrived 64 Heroes of the Crusades .
... besieged , instructing them to open secret negotiations for its surrender to himself , and with orders to work on ... besiege it instead , as soon as Count Raymond de Toulouse , whose army had not arrived 64 Heroes of the Crusades .
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Alexius Antioch armour arms army arrived Ascalon attack Baldwin du Bourg battle Bernard besieged Bishop Bishop of Puy Bohemond brave brother Cæsarea called camp Christian church cloth coloured conquest Count of Edessa Count of Toulouse Count Raymond cried Croisés Crusaders death died Dieu le veut Duke of Lorraine East Edessa Edition Egyptians Emir Emperor encamped enemies Europe fear fight fled foes followed France gilt edges Godfrey de Bouillon Godfrey's Greek hands head heard Holy City Holy Land Holy Sepulchre honour Illustrations Infidels inhabitants Jeru Jerusalem Joscelin Kerboga's king King of Jerusalem kingdom knights lance Latin mail armour marched Moslems noble Norman Palestine Patriarch Peter the Hermit Phyrrhus pilgrims Pope priests princes reign returned rich Richard Saladin Saracens Saviour's sent siege soldiers sword Tancred Tancred's Templars throne tomb took Toulouse town Tripolis troops Turkish Turks valour victory walls warriors
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