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... called king - The Turks and Greeks unite - Threatened attack on the city - Preparation for resistance - Crusaders again victorious - Treachery of Raymond -Dissensions healed - The princes prepare to leave Jerusalem- End of the First ...
... called king - The Turks and Greeks unite - Threatened attack on the city - Preparation for resistance - Crusaders again victorious - Treachery of Raymond -Dissensions healed - The princes prepare to leave Jerusalem- End of the First ...
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... called Peter Gautier , or Peter the Hermit , famous in history as having preached the first Crusade set on foot for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre from the Infidels who then owned Jeru- A salem , that holy city , so dear to all.
... called Peter Gautier , or Peter the Hermit , famous in history as having preached the first Crusade set on foot for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre from the Infidels who then owned Jeru- A salem , that holy city , so dear to all.
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... called Pillar Saints . Peter the Hermit , with whose journey to Palestine my tales of the Crusades will begin , was , as I have said before , a very small man , almost contemptible in appearance ; his face thin and worn with the ...
... called Pillar Saints . Peter the Hermit , with whose journey to Palestine my tales of the Crusades will begin , was , as I have said before , a very small man , almost contemptible in appearance ; his face thin and worn with the ...
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... called palmers . The Towards the end of the eleventh century , pilgrim- ages to Palestine increased for another reason . end of the world , some thought , was near at hand ; and the belief that our Redeemer would come again on earth ...
... called palmers . The Towards the end of the eleventh century , pilgrim- ages to Palestine increased for another reason . end of the world , some thought , was near at hand ; and the belief that our Redeemer would come again on earth ...
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... called ' The Armies of the Lord . ' Not unfrequently princes , laying aside their rank and estate , and assuming a palmer's garb , visited Palestine . In 1035 , a very splendid troop of pilgrims from France arrived in the Holy City ...
... called ' The Armies of the Lord . ' Not unfrequently princes , laying aside their rank and estate , and assuming a palmer's garb , visited Palestine . In 1035 , a very splendid troop of pilgrims from France arrived in the Holy City ...
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