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... passed away since the Crusades , we may find much to imitate in the story of those warriors of old who gave up , often from genuine motives , lands and home to become Crusaders , and to fight for the Holy Land . OCTOBER , 1868 . ' The ...
... passed away since the Crusades , we may find much to imitate in the story of those warriors of old who gave up , often from genuine motives , lands and home to become Crusaders , and to fight for the Holy Land . OCTOBER , 1868 . ' The ...
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... passed with a pilgrim band into Jerusalem . Short in stature , thin and mean - looking , he seemed at first glance the last man to influence others ; but in his way he was a hero , the first about whom I intend to make mention in ...
... passed with a pilgrim band into Jerusalem . Short in stature , thin and mean - looking , he seemed at first glance the last man to influence others ; but in his way he was a hero , the first about whom I intend to make mention in ...
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... passing his time must . have been more pious than pleasant . He founded a sect 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 ...
... passing his time must . have been more pious than pleasant . He founded a sect 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 ...
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... passed in his cloister imposed on his judgment , made him fancy himself especially selected by Providence for the mission he later undertook , and which without en- thusiasm he could never have carried out ; and the other was eloquence ...
... passed in his cloister imposed on his judgment , made him fancy himself especially selected by Providence for the mission he later undertook , and which without en- thusiasm he could never have carried out ; and the other was eloquence ...
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... passed over the steep mountains , or along the lonely valleys of the Holy Land , inns and places of shelter for poorer pil- grims . The Infidel owners of Jerusalem were not slow in perceiving how large a revenue might be collected by ...
... passed over the steep mountains , or along the lonely valleys of the Holy Land , inns and places of shelter for poorer pil- grims . The Infidel owners of Jerusalem were not slow in perceiving how large a revenue might be collected by ...
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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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