Stories from the Crusades by Janet Harvey Kelman, L. D. Luard
By Janet Harvey Kelman, L. D. Luard
Brings the Crusades to existence via tales of its most famed members. Relates how Peter the Hermit, with the Pope's blessing, gathers males to his aspect and leads the 1st campaign, leading to the trap of Jerusalem and install of Godfrey as defender of the holy sepulchre. After the Muslims recapture Jerusalem, 3 nice kings of Europe vow to regain the Holy urban: King Richard the Lionhearted of britain, King Philip of France, and the Emperor Frederick of Germany. regardless of successful many battles during this 3rd campaign and shooting town of Acre, they fail to win again the town of Jerusalem. King Louis of France launches the final campaign, yet dies prior to attaining his goal. during the narrative we meet every kind of fellows. a few, like Bohemond and Baldwin, struggle for egocentric ends; others, comparable to Tancred and Louis, do conflict just like the nice knights they're; whereas a few, Francis between them, hold goodwill anyplace they pass.
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Often a peal of merry laughter rang out from a group of village children, or from some gay lady who had come with father or husband to share the danger and the triumph of the Holy War. " The sunlight flashed from bright weapons and from gay scarfs and banners. They marched gladly on till the city of Nicæa rose before them. Its walls were so broad and so strong that horses could dash round on the top without doing any harm. And three hundred towers guarded the city. On one side, the water of a lake washed close up to the wall: on the other, mountains rose from it.
The Crusade had done far less for the Christians in the Holy Land than Peter had dreamed it would do. But it had done much for the countries to which the Crusaders belonged. It had made people think for themselves. But every one did not think that that was a good thing. Bernard, who preached the second Crusade, did not think so. He wished the power of the Church to rule everything and every one. He was a very great man, and while he lived kings and emperors obeyed him, as if they had been little children.
Instead of trying to help one another to make the Christian power strong, they used each to try to get all the power away from the other. If it had not been for two great orders of knights, the Moslems would soon have swept the new kingdom away. Long before the first Crusade, a hospice had been built near the Holy Sepulchre. The Brothers who lived there welcomed pilgrims and were kind to the poor. At the time of the taking of Jerusalem, they gave such ready help to the armies of the Cross that many crusading knights joined their brotherhood.