 Crusaders ; the women and the sick were placed here, whilst the army remained beneath their tents. Louis still hoped for the conversion of the king of Tunis, but this pious illusion was very quickly dissolved. The Mussulman prince sent messengers to the...  The History of the Crusades - Page 39by Joseph Fr. Michaud - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Joseph François Michaud - 1852 - 620 pages
...were placed here, whilst the army remained beneath their tents. Louis still hoped for the conversion of the king of Tunis, but this pious illusion was...Louis makes use of the expression: "Je vous dis le ban," &c. which word cannot be used in this sense in English, but is very effective in French, and... | |
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...were placed here, whilst the army remained beneath their tents. Louis still hoped for the conversion of the king of Tunis, but this pious illusion was...vain bravadoes of the prince of Tunis * Louis makes vise of the expression: " Je vous dis le ban," &c. which word cannot be used in this sense in .English,... | |
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...his proposal, that he would come and meet him at the head of a hundred thousand men, and would ask baptism of him on the field of battle ; the Moorish king added, that he had arrested all the Christians residing in his states, and that every one should be massacred if the Christian... | |
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...his proposal, that he would come and meet him at the head of a hundred thousand men, and would ask baptism of him on the field of battle ; the Moorish king added that he had arrested all the Christians residing in his states, and that every one should be massacred if the Christian... | |
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 | Children's literature - 1871 - 768 pages
...his proposal, that he would come and meet him at the head of a hundred thousand men, and would ask baptism of him on the field of battle; the Moorish king added that he had arrested all the Christians residing in his states, and that every one should be massacred if the Christian... | |
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...were placed here, while the army remained beneath their tents. Louis still hoped for the conversion of the King of Tunis, but this pious illusion was...menaces and vain bravadoes of the Prince of Tunis effected no change in the plans of the crusade; the Moors, besides, inspired no fear, and they themselves... | |
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