A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . seven thousandreached Constantinople. Even these per-ished in Asia Minor, and the next crusad-ing expedition found their bones on theplains of Nicea. First Crusade (1096-1099).—One of thedivisions of the first regular armies ofsoldiers of the cross advanced toward theHoly Land under brave and noble Godfreyof Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine, andhis brothers Baldwin and Eustace. Otherdivisions were likewise under the com-mand of renowned leaders, such as Ray-mond, Count of Toulouse, and Tancred,Robert Guiscards nephew. Most
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . seven thousandreached Constantinople. Even these per-ished in Asia Minor, and the next crusad-ing expedition found their bones on theplains of Nicea. First Crusade (1096-1099).—One of thedivisions of the first regular armies ofsoldiers of the cross advanced toward theHoly Land under brave and noble Godfreyof Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine, andhis brothers Baldwin and Eustace. Otherdivisions were likewise under the com-mand of renowned leaders, such as Ray-mond, Count of Toulouse, and Tancred,Robert Guiscards nephew. Most of thesefirst crusaders spoke Erench, and sincetheir time, in the East, the inhabitants ofwestern Europe have been called , the Eastern emperor, was. morealarmed than gratified at seeing the swarmof warriors which had come into his surrendered after a siege of seven weeks, and at Dory-laeum the Turks were defeated in a desperate battle. Antiochwas captured, and a great army of Turks under the Sultan,Kerboga, was vanquished near the cit^.. A Knight of the First Cetjsade {From a manuficript in the Britinh Museiirri) FIRST CRUSADE 273 When the crusaders first caught a glimpse of the Holy City,they fell on their knees, and with tears of joy broke out inhymns of praise to Clod. After a siege of thirty days, Jerusa-lem was taken by storm (July 15, 1099), and the infuriatedconquerors slew ten thousand Saracens and burned the Jewsin the synagogues to which they had fled. Under the in-fluence of a reaction of feeling, they cast their arms aside,and with bared heads and barefoot, entered into the churchof the Holy Sepulcher, and on their bended knees thankedGod for their success. Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen rulerof the city. Refusing to wear a royal crown where theSavior had worn a crown of thorns, he designated himselfprotector of the Holy Sepulcher. At Ascalon he won a greatvictory against the vast Egyptian forces of the Sultan. Inthe next year (1100) he
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