The History of the Crusades, Volume 2George Routledge and Sons, 1881 - Crusades |
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Page 175 - ... chevalier. Villehardouin particularly excels in the speeches of his heroes, and delights in praising the bravery of his companions: if he never names the Grecian warriors, it is because he did not know them, and did not wish to know them. The marshal of Champagne is not affected by the evils of war, and only elevates his style to paint traits of heroism ; the enthusiasm of victory aione can draw tears from him.
Page 51 - I, who dictated and barons of France, the most high and the most powerful, have sent us to you to pray you, in the name of God, to take pity on Jerusalem, which the Turks hold in bondage ; they cry to you for mercy, and supplicate you to accompany them to avenge the disgrace of Jesus Christ. They have made choice of you, because they know that no people that be upon the sea have so great power as your nation. They have commanded us to throw ourselves at your feet, and not to rise until you shall...
Page 242 - ... project of dethroning the sultan of Cairo, and replacing him by another of the sons of Malek-Adel. Several emirs were drawn into this conspiracy. On the day appointed, they were to enter the tent of Melic-Kamel, and compel him, by violence, to renounce the supreme authority. The sultan was warned of the plot prepared against him, and on the eve of the day on which it was to be carried into effect, he left his camp in the middle of the night. The next day, at dawn, the conspirators were made aware...
Page 182 - Venice, in its turn mvaded by victorious armies, and again to return to the shores of the Adriatic, as eternal trophies of war, and faithful companions of victory. The Crusaders likewise profited by several useful inventions, and transmitted them to their compatriots ; and the fields and gardens of Italy and France were enriched by some plants till that time unknown in the West. Boniface studied in that city : we must also assign to the same cause the Latin versions of Aristotle made from the Greek...
Page 67 - Innocent promised the Crusaders to protect them in their expedition, and to watch over their wants during the perils of the holy war. " In order that you may not want provisions," said he to them, " we will write to the emperor of Constantinople to furnish you with them, as he has promised; if that be refused to you which is refused to none, it will not be unjust, if, after the example of many holy persons, you take provisions wherever you may find them ; for it will be known that you are devoted...