Today's installment concludes The Third Crusade,our selection by Henry Von Sybel.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of this
The Third Crusade – 3
The highest hopes were soon destroyed by this lamentable downfall. It seemed as if a stern fate had resolved to give the Christian world a distant
The Third Crusade – 2
It was an unexampled assemblage of the forces of two quarters of the world round one spot, unimportant in itself and chosen almost by
The Third Crusade
This series has four easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionAlthough after the failure of the Second Crusade the interest felt by the western
Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians – 5
Today's installment concludes Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians,our selection by Sir George W. Cox.If you have journeyed through all
Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians – 4
Fourteen days sufficed to bring the siege to an end.Continuing Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians,our selection from Sir George W. Cox.
Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians – 3
Guy was king; but Raymond of Tripoli refused him his allegiance.Continuing Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians,our selection from Sir
Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians – 2
The banners of Almeric and the Fatimite Caliph waved together on the walls of Alexandria; but on either side the peace or truce was a mere makeshift
Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians
This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionThe First Crusade (not counting the earlier Children’s Crusade) had been heroically