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Composed by soldiers who fought in the Holy Wars, these two famous French chronicles are among the most important portrayals of both the dark and light side of the two hundred year struggle for possession of Jerusalem. The first trustworthy and fully informed history of the Crusades,... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Henry: Add a description of this character.
- John
- Marshal Geoffrey
- Thibaut
- Theodore Lascaris
- Damietta
- Philippopolis
- William
- Eustace
- Baldwin
- Count Walter
- Louis
- Serres
- Mourtzouphlus
- Alexius
- Richard
- Artois
- Guy Mauvoisin
- Mark
- Muhammad
- Brother Hugh
- Marquis Boniface
- Master Robert
- Saint-denis
- Michael
- Theodore Branas
- Giles Le Brun
- Stephen
- Peter The Chamberlain
- Margaret
- Vlachs
- Renaut
- Johanitsa
- Brother Yves
- Bethune
Setting & Locations edit
- Constantinople
- France
- Venice
- Egypt
- Vlachia
- Cyprus
- Paris
- Jerusalem
- Poitiers
- Adrianople
- Jaffa
- Salonika
- England
- Romania
- Damascus
- Sidon
- Syria
- Franks
- Rodosto
- Sicily
- Nicomedia
- Bulgaria
- Chartres
- Flanders
- Cairo
- Anjou
- Soissons
- Saracen
- Mosynopolis
- Brittany
- Caesarea
- Saint Sophia
- Germany
- Hospital
- Holy Land
- Rome
- Persia
- Hungary
- Montferrat
- Zara
- Gaza
- Cyzicus
- Blachernae
- Marseilles
- Antioch
- Rheims
- Lombardy
- Selymbria
- Navarre
- Heaven
First Sentence edit
IN the year of our Lord 1198, when Innocent was Pope in Rome, Philip was King of France and Richard King of England, there lived in France a man of saintly character called Foulques, who was in holy orders and priest of the parish of Neuilly, a small town lying between Paris and Lagny-sur-Marne.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Villehardouin: The Conquest of Constantinople
1. Muster-Roll of the Fourth Crusade
2. Treaty with the Venetians
3. The Army Seeks a Leader
4. Delays and Disappointments
5. Siege of Zara
6. Discord in the Army
7. Voyage to Scutari
8. Preparations for an Assault
9. First Siege of Constantinople
10. The Emperor's Covenant
11. Appeal to Arms
12. Second Siege of Constantinople
13. Election of an Emperor
14. A Case of Strained Relations
15. War against the Greeks
16. Siege of Adrianople
17. A Regency Established
18. King Johanitza Ravages the Empire
19. Offensive and Counter-Offensive
20. War on Two Fronts
21. Excursions Outside the Empire
Joinville: The Life of Saint Louis
Dedication
Part One:
1. The Servant of God
2. The Servant of his People
Part Two:
1. Turbulence of Barons
2. Preparations for a Crusade
3. Voyage to Cyprus
4. Landing in Egypt
5. Occupation of Damietta
6. Operations on the Nile
7. The Battle of Mansourah
8. Victory and its Aftermath
9. The French in Captivity
10. Negotiations with the Saracens
11. The King in Acre
12. The Old Man of the Mountain
13. The Tartars
14. Life in Caesarea
15. Expedition to Jaffa
16. Expedition to Saida
17. Return to France
18. The King's Administration of his Realm
19. A Fatal Crusade
20. Canonization of Saint Louis
Notes on the Translation
Glossary
Maps
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Classics. (publisher edition list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jean de Joinville (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Geffroy de Villehardouin (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909.07
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