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... cause ; but we feel that they gave up a great deal when they affixed the cross to their shoulders . A great many very interesting histories have been written on the Crusades . The following pages are not intended to be a history , but ...
... cause ; but we feel that they gave up a great deal when they affixed the cross to their shoulders . A great many very interesting histories have been written on the Crusades . The following pages are not intended to be a history , but ...
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... cause of chivalry . Still the Crusades did much to civilise the West in the Middle Ages . The Saracens and Turks were looked upon as barbarians , but their Christian foes copied their manners and customs , and learned much that was good ...
... cause of chivalry . Still the Crusades did much to civilise the West in the Middle Ages . The Saracens and Turks were looked upon as barbarians , but their Christian foes copied their manners and customs , and learned much that was good ...
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... Cause of Alexius ' hatred to Bohe- mond - Norman invasion of Sicily — Settlement in Italy - Defeat of the Pope - Bohemond determines to join the Crusade - Is accompanied by Tancred - Difference of their motives - Their reception by the ...
... Cause of Alexius ' hatred to Bohe- mond - Norman invasion of Sicily — Settlement in Italy - Defeat of the Pope - Bohemond determines to join the Crusade - Is accompanied by Tancred - Difference of their motives - Their reception by the ...
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... cause - The legend of Geoffrey Rudel - Bernard in Germany -The Emperor Conrad gained over - Return to France - A meeting of Crusaders - Preparations - Lewis VII . receives the pilgrim's staff and wallet at St. Denis - The queen leaves ...
... cause - The legend of Geoffrey Rudel - Bernard in Germany -The Emperor Conrad gained over - Return to France - A meeting of Crusaders - Preparations - Lewis VII . receives the pilgrim's staff and wallet at St. Denis - The queen leaves ...
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... cause of the cross : ' Which should all wars begin and end . ' He wore a hermit's simple dress , which was of coarse material , suitable to the seriousness of a pilgrim's journey ; that of a palmer was different from ordi- nary pilgrims ...
... cause of the cross : ' Which should all wars begin and end . ' He wore a hermit's simple dress , which was of coarse material , suitable to the seriousness of a pilgrim's journey ; that of a palmer was different from ordi- nary pilgrims ...
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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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