The age of the crusades

About this eBook

Author

Ludlow, James M. (James Meeker), 1841-1932

Original Publication

New York: The Christian Literature Co., 1896.

Credits

deaurider, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity

Subject

Crusades

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72852

Release Date

February 1, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Age of the Crusades
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.BIBLIOGRAPHY. — I. PRINTED COLLECTIONS OF THE SOURCES OF THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES. — II. THE PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES. — A. Chronicles of Eye-witnesses. — B. Letters of the Crusaders. — C. Contemporary and Very Early Writers. — III. WORKS ON THE CRUSADES WRITTEN FROM THE SOURCES. — IV. GENERAL HISTORIES IN WHICH THE PERIOD OF THE CRUSADES IS INCLUDED. — V. POETICAL TREATMENT OF THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST CRUSADE.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY—OUTLINE OF STUDY.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. STATE OF SOCIETY—IGNORANCE—DULNESS OF LIFE—SUPERSTITION—LOW SENSE OF JUSTICE—CRUELTY—TASTE FOR WAR. — CHAPTER III. CHIVALRY—RULES—EDUCATION OF KNIGHT—CEREMONIES—INFLUENCE ON CHARACTER.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. THE FEUDAL SYSTEM—GENERAL PRINCIPLES—INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. THE IMPOVERISHED CONDITION OF EUROPE.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. THE PAPAL POLICY—DEMORALIZATION OF THE WORLD AND THE CHURCH—HILDEBRAND’S PURPOSE INHERITED BY HIS SUCCESSORS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. THE MOHAMMEDAN MENACE—THE RISE OF ISLAM—SARACENS—TURKS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. PILGRIMAGES—ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE CUSTOM—EXTENT.
11. 11.THE STORY OF THE CRUSADES. — CHAPTER IX. THE SUMMONS—PETER THE HERMIT—POPE URBAN—POPULAR EXCITEMENT.
12. 12.THE FIRST CRUSADE. — CHAPTER X. THE CRUSADE OF THE CROWD. — CHAPTER XI. THE CRUSADE UNDER THE CHIEFTAINS, GODFREY, RAYMOND, BOHEMOND, TANCRED, HUGH, ROBERT OF NORMANDY. — CHAPTER XII. THE FALL OF NICÆA. — CHAPTER XIII. BATTLE OF DORYLÆUM—TARSUS—DEFECTION OF BALDWIN. — CHAPTER XIV. BEFORE ANTIOCH. — CHAPTER XV. THE FALL OF ANTIOCH. — CHAPTER XVI. THE HOLY LANCE. — CHAPTER XVII. ON TO JERUSALEM. — CHAPTER XVIII. THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM. — CHAPTER XIX. GODFREY, FIRST BARON OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE—CONQUEST OF THE LAND—THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM. — CHAPTER XX. BALDWIN I. , KING OF JERUSALEM. — CHAPTER XXI. KING BALDWIN II. —KING FOULQUE—KING BALDWIN III. —EXPLOITS OF ZENGHI—RISE OF NOURREDIN. — CHAPTER XXII. MILITARY ORDERS—HOSPITALLERS—TEMPLARS—TEUTONIC KNIGHTS. — CHAPTER XXIII. EUROPE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND CRUSADES—KINGSHIP IN FRANCE—PAPAL AGGRANDIZEMENT—ABÉLARD—ARNOLD OF BRESCIA—BERNARD.
13. 13.THE SECOND CRUSADE. — CHAPTER XXIV. BERNARD—CONRAD III. —LOUIS VII. —SUGER—SIEGE OF DAMASCUS. — CHAPTER XXV. NOURREDIN—RISE OF SALADIN—KING GUY—QUEEN SIBYLLA. — CHAPTER XXVI. BATTLE OF TIBERIAS—FALL OF JERUSALEM. — CHAPTER XXVII. EUROPE BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD CRUSADES—SUPERSTITION—THE WALDENSES—DEGRADATION OF THE PAPACY—FRANCE UNDER LOUIS—ENGLAND UNDER HENRY II. —RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.
14. 14.THE THIRD CRUSADE. — CHAPTER XXVIII. WILLIAM OF TYRE—BARBAROSSA. — CHAPTER XXIX. SIEGE OF ACRE. — CHAPTER XXX. THE COMING OF PHILIP AUGUSTUS AND RICHARD—FALL OF ACRE. — CHAPTER XXXI. PALESTINE AFTER THE THIRD CRUSADE—HENRY VI.—SIEGE OF THORON.
15. 15.THE FOURTH CRUSADE. — CHAPTER XXXII. HISTORY AND CONDITION OF CONSTANTINOPLE. — CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SUMMONS TO THE FOURTH CRUSADE—CONTRACT WITH VENICE—EGYPT THE DESTINATION—PHILIP OF SWABIA. — CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PLOT FOR THE DIVERSION OF THE CRUSADE—CAPTURE OF ZARA. — CHAPTER XXXV. ON TO CONSTANTINOPLE—CAPTURE OF GALATA. — CHAPTER XXXVI. CONSTANTINOPLE SECURED TO ISAAC AND YOUNG ALEXIUS—USURPATION OF MOURTZOUPHLOS. — CHAPTER XXXVII. CAPTURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. FOUNDING THE LATIN KINGDOM OF CONSTANTINOPLE. — CHAPTER XXXIX. BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CRUSADES—CONDITION OF EAST AND WEST—THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE.
16. 16.THE FIFTH CRUSADE. — CHAPTER XL. DISASTER OF MARIETTA.
17. 17.THE SIXTH CRUSADE. — CHAPTER XLI. FREDERICK II. AND POPE GREGORY IX. — CHAPTER XLII. BETWEEN THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CRUSADES—THE TARTARS—THE CARISMIAN INVASION.
18. 18.THE SEVENTH CRUSADE. — CHAPTER XLIII. ST. LOUIS.
19. 19.THE EIGHTH CRUSADE. — CHAPTER XLIV. DEATH OF ST. LOUIS—FALL OF ACRE.
20. 20.RESULTS OF THE CRUSADES. — CHAPTER XLV. KINGSHIP—UNITY OF EUROPE—THE PAPACY—LIBERAL THOUGHT—INCREASED KNOWLEDGE—ARTS—LITERATURE—COMMERCE—THE TURKISH POWER.
21. 21.INDEX.

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