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... KINGDOM AND ITS KINGS . Troubled state of the kingdom - Arsur refuses obedience - Godfrey besieges it - Supposed death of his hostage - His defeat - Return of the hostage to Jerusalem - Anecdote of Godfrey - Provisions fail - Bohemond ...
... KINGDOM AND ITS KINGS . Troubled state of the kingdom - Arsur refuses obedience - Godfrey besieges it - Supposed death of his hostage - His defeat - Return of the hostage to Jerusalem - Anecdote of Godfrey - Provisions fail - Bohemond ...
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... kingdom torn by feuds -The Countess of Joppa crowned queen - Scene at the corona- tion - The queen gives the crown to her husband , Guy de Lusig- nan - Raynald breaks the truce with Saladin - Degeneracy of the Latin kingdom - Saladin ...
... kingdom torn by feuds -The Countess of Joppa crowned queen - Scene at the corona- tion - The queen gives the crown to her husband , Guy de Lusig- nan - Raynald breaks the truce with Saladin - Degeneracy of the Latin kingdom - Saladin ...
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... kingdom without an heir to its throne , if you should die in the East , for there is no one to succeed you except it is the Duke of Bretagne or the Count of Bourgoyne , who are already quarrelling about the succession : the one claiming ...
... kingdom without an heir to its throne , if you should die in the East , for there is no one to succeed you except it is the Duke of Bretagne or the Count of Bourgoyne , who are already quarrelling about the succession : the one claiming ...
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... kingdom . His attendants clothed Godfrey in the imperial purple ; and when the ceremony was ended , all the royal treasures were displayed to the Duke and his companions , and Alexius lavished splendid presents on them and all manner of ...
... kingdom . His attendants clothed Godfrey in the imperial purple ; and when the ceremony was ended , all the royal treasures were displayed to the Duke and his companions , and Alexius lavished splendid presents on them and all manner of ...
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... kingdom of Sicily , which , at the begin- ning of the eleventh century , was almost overrun by the Saracens . You know , before the Crusades , pilgrimages were made to the Holy Land , and one day , in the year 1006 , a party of Norman ...
... kingdom of Sicily , which , at the begin- ning of the eleventh century , was almost overrun by the Saracens . You know , before the Crusades , pilgrimages were made to the Holy Land , and one day , in the year 1006 , a party of Norman ...
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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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