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Page vi
... looked upon as barbarians , but their Christian foes copied their manners and customs , and learned much that was good in the East . The earlier Crusaders , when they went back to England or France , contrasted their rude castles with ...
... looked upon as barbarians , but their Christian foes copied their manners and customs , and learned much that was good in the East . The earlier Crusaders , when they went back to England or France , contrasted their rude castles with ...
Page ix
... looked for to succour them - Desertions - Alexius keeps back aid - Revival of hope - Kerboga's insolence - The invention of the Holy Lance -Peter Bartholomæus - A truce proclaimed - Peter the Hermit's mission to Kerboga - It is ...
... looked for to succour them - Desertions - Alexius keeps back aid - Revival of hope - Kerboga's insolence - The invention of the Holy Lance -Peter Bartholomæus - A truce proclaimed - Peter the Hermit's mission to Kerboga - It is ...
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... looked upon as a most meritorious action ; and if he lived to come back , he always brought home with him a palm branch from Jericho , which he usually offered to the altar of his parish church , and from that custom pilgrims were ...
... looked upon as a most meritorious action ; and if he lived to come back , he always brought home with him a palm branch from Jericho , which he usually offered to the altar of his parish church , and from that custom pilgrims were ...
Page 26
... looked openly and fearlessly at those he addressed . His fine countenance was the index , as it were , of a disposition that united , say all contemporary historians , the piety and simplicity of a good priest , with the noble qualities ...
... looked openly and fearlessly at those he addressed . His fine countenance was the index , as it were , of a disposition that united , say all contemporary historians , the piety and simplicity of a good priest , with the noble qualities ...
Page 65
... told you before , were to be found strewn about in every direction ) to make their barriers and entrenchments . Godfrey de Bouillon was looked upon as supreme E head of all ; but the army was governed by Godfrey de Bouillon . 65.
... told you before , were to be found strewn about in every direction ) to make their barriers and entrenchments . Godfrey de Bouillon was looked upon as supreme E head of all ; but the army was governed by Godfrey de Bouillon . 65.
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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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