Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Eugene III: Summons to A Crusade, Dec 1, 1154 In 1146, the Crusade principality of Edessa fell to the resurgent Muslims. As a result, Pope Eugene II called for a new crusade - the Second. He was enthusiastically supported in this call by his mentor, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Bishop Eugene, servant ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Annalist of Nieder-Altaich: The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064-65 The early crusade historians tried various ways to present their subject. One important model was that of pilgrimage. From the .eighth-century on the number and size of pilgrimages from the West to Jerusalem increased. The great ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Innocent III: Summons to A Crusade, 1215 ( Bullariulii Romanum, editio Taurinensis, vol iii, p. 300.) Aspiring with ardent desire to liberate the Holy Land from the hands of the ungodly, by the counssel of prudent men Who fully know he circumstances of times and places the holy council approving: ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Al-Makrisi: Account of the Crusade of St. Louis Editor's Introduction This is an extract from an Arabian manuscript entitled Essulouk li Mariset il Muluk that is to say, The Road to Knowledge of the Return of Kings. It is the history of the Sultans Curdes-Ayyubids, of the race of Saladin, and of ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Roger of Hoveden: The Fall of Jerusalem, 1187 Hoveden provided a political narrative explaining the loss of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 1186 In the same year, Constance, the countess of Brittany, daughter of earl Conan, whom Geoffrey, earl of Brittany, her husband, had left pregnant at the time ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Soloman bar Samson: The Crusaders in Mainz, May 27, 1096 In the year 1095 the Catholic Church, aroused by the Muslim encroachments in Palestine, proclaimed a crusade against the Saracens to recover Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulcher. The following year, in the spring of 1096, bands of zealous ...

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Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Geoffrey de Villehardouin : Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople Geoffrey de Villehardouin : Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople, trans. Frank T. Marzials, (London: J.M. Dent, 1908) NOTES The notes are adapted from ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: William of Tyre: History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea William of Tyre was born in the Holy Land, born in the Holy Land and was, after a French education, appointed Archbishop of Tyre and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He wrote towards the end of the twelfth century. Selections from the ...

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This page focuses on the Crusades and the contributions of Muslim scholars during the Middle Ages.. It is part of The Electronic Passport, the world's first online middle school classroom. The lessons were prepared for seventh grade students at a Math/Science/Technology magnet school in West Palm Beach, Florida by Mike Dowling.

The Crusader and Ayyubid Period (1099-1250 CE) On 15 July 1099 Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders after a five week siege and the victors proceeded to massacre the city's Muslims and Jews. After 460 years of Muslim rule the Crusaders restored Jerusalem to Christian hands, and declared the city the capitalof the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The city's populations underwent a significant change. Western ...

The Crusades This site is a fully virtual course offered for college credit through Boise State University. We have no physical classroom and the course is entirely asynchronous. Visitor Center Registration Classroom History of the Crusades Dr. E.L. Skip Knox Boise State University Last revised October 28, 2001 ...

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Eleanor of Acquataine's trip in 1147 with first husband Louis VII of France to the Holy Land on the Second Crusade.