THE FIRST CRUSADE Epochs of Modern History: The Crusades G.W. Cox 1097-1097 A.D. A.D. 1096, Departure of the first rabble of Crusaders under Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless. LITTLE more than half the time allowed for the gathering of the crusaders had passed away, when a crowd of some sixty thousand men and … Continue reading The Crusades (Chapter 3)
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The Crusades (Chapter 2)
THE COUNCIL OF CLERMONT. Epochs of Modern History: The CrusadesG.W. Cox Influence of Roman Imperialism on the Early Popes THE pope is the bishop of Rome, and the traditions of the papacy delight in recalling the humble origin of his vast monarchy, at once spiritual and temporal, ecclesiastical and secular. If the poor Galiæan fisherman … Continue reading The Crusades (Chapter 2)
The Crusades (Chapter 1)
CAUSES LEADING TO THE CRUSADES. Epochs of Modern History: The Crusades - G.W. Cox THE Crusades were a series of popular wars, waged by men who wore on their garments the badge of the Cross as a pledge binding them to rescue the Holy Land, and the Sepulchre of Christ from the grasp of the … Continue reading The Crusades (Chapter 1)
Lions of the Cross
Despair and shame on the shores of the Golden Horn.