CHAPTER XIII

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THE EIGHTH CRUSADE.

1245 Council of Lyons 202

1226 Louis IX., king of France 203

Louis IX., the pope, and the emperor 205

1245 Assumption of the cross by Louis IX. 207

1248 Departure of Louis from France 208

1249 Capture of Damietta 209

March of the army towards Cairo 209

Total defeat of the forces under the count of Artois 210

1250 The king taken prisoner 211

Firmness of the king 211

Terms of ransom 211

Murder of Turan Shah 212

Release of Louis IX. 212

Pilgrimage of Louis to Nazareth 212

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