THE
HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES

BY

Joseph Francois Michaud.

TRANSLATED BY W. ROBSON.

A New Edition,

WITH PREFACE AND SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER BYHAMILTON W. MABIE.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW YORK.
A. C. ARMSTRONG & SON,
714 Broadway.

CONTENTS TO VOL. II.

BOOK IX.—A.D. 1195-1198.
FOURTH CRUSADE.
The empire of Saladin divided among his successors—The civil warsthence arising—Dynasty of the Ayoubites—Extensive empire of Afdhal,son of Saladin—His civil contests—Alaziz, sultan of Egypt, takes armsagainst his brother—Nazr-Allah, vizier of the sultan Afdhal—Malek-Adel—Civilcommotions of Palestine—Agitated state of the Christiancolonies—Bohemond III. governor of Antioch, taken prisoner—Hospitallersand Templars—Pope Celestine III. instigates the fourth crusade—HenryVI., emperor of Germany, engages to assist—Diet of Worms—Hostilitiesat Ptolemaïs—Death of Henry of Champagne—Jaffa capturedby the Mussulmans—Siege and battle of Berytus—Malek-Adel defeated—Fallandus,the Sicilian historian—Henry VI. of Germany conquersNaples and Sicily—Progress of his arms in Palestine—The Saracensdefeated—Death of Henry VI.—Massacre of the garrison of Jaffa—St.Martin—Causes of the failure of this crusade, and its mischievous consequences—Cruelcharacter of Henry VI	pp. 1-35.
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BOOK X.—A.D. 1198-1204.
FIFTH CRUSADE.
Rousseau’s opinion of the Crusaders—Enthusiasm and valour of theChristian troops—Causes which led to the fifth crusade—Instigated byPope Innocent III.—His quarrel with Philip of France—Death ofRichard I. of England—Preaching of Foulkes in favour of the crusade—ThibaultIV., count of Champagne, engages in the crusade—Louis,count of Chartres—Preaching of Martin Litz—Villehardouin, marshalof Champagne—Baldwin, count of Flanders—Commercial greatness ofVenice—Dandolo, the doge of Venice—He engages to assist the Crusaders—Gauthierde Brienne—Sums advanced by Venice—Death and[iv]character of Thibault—Count le Bar—Death of Eude III., duke ofBurgundy—Boniface, marquis of Montferrat, elected commander of thecrusade—Famine in Egypt and Europe—Death of Foulkes—Pecuniaryexactions of Venice—Revolt of the city of Zara—Dandolo’s address tothe Venetians in favour of the Crusaders—Isaac, emperor of Constantinople,dethroned—Siege of Zara—The Abbot de Cernay—Quarrelsbetween the Venetians and the French Crusaders—Address of Philip ofSwabia to the French barons—Policy of Malek-Adel—Reproaches ofInnocent III. against the Crusaders at Zara—Character of the emperorAlexius—Capture of Corfu—Conquests of the younger Alexius, son ofIsaac—Description of Constantinople—Besieged by the Crusaders—TheVarangians—Speeches of Rossi and Conon de Bethune—Capture ofConstantinople—Alexius dethroned—Isaac and his son Alexius restoredto the sovereignty ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!