CHAPTER XIV

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THE NINTH CRUSADE.

Comparison of the earlier and later crusades 213

1259 Battle between the Templars and Hospitallers 214

1263 Invasion of Palestine by the Mameluke sultan Bibars 214

Loss of Antioch 214

1270 Second crusade of Louis IX. 215

Death of the king 216

1271 Capture of Nazareth by Edward, son of Henry III. of England 216

1272 Return of Edward to Europe 217

Vain efforts of Gregory X. to stir up a crusade 217

Claims to the titular kingdom of Jerusalem 217

1291 Loss of Acre 218

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