CHAPTER III
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THE FIRST CRUSADE.
1096 Departure of the first rabble of crusaders under Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless 39
Second rabble under Emico and Gotschalk 40
Bloody persecutions of the Jews 40
The Jews taken under the protection of the empire 41
March of Walter and his followers through Hungary and Bulgaria 41
Passage of the pilgrims across the Bosporos 42
Their utter destruction by Kilidje Arslan 42
Rank and character of the leaders of the first crusade 43
Godfrey of Bouillon and his brothers Baldwin and Eustace 43
Hugh of Vermandois 43
Robert of Normandy 44
Robert of Flanders, and Stephen of Chartres 44
Adhemar, bishop of Puy 44
Raymond of Toulouse 45
Bohemond 45
Tancred 45
Cause and effect of chivalry 46
Knighthood 47
Courtesy 48
August Departure of the main army of the crusaders under Godfrey 49
Captivity of Hugh of Vermandois 49
Christmas Arrival of Godfrey before the walls of Constantinople 50
Policy of the emperor Alexios 51
Compact between Alexios and the crusaders 51
Homage of the crusaders to Alexios 52
Disastrous march of Raymond of Toulouse to Constantinople 53
Refusal of Raymond to do homage 53
1097 Conduct of Alexios to the crusaders 54
March Passage of the crusaders across the Bosporos 55
Thorough antagonism between the crusaders and the Greeks 55
Contrast between the Greek and Latin clergy 56
Numbers of the crusaders 56
June Siege and fall of Nice (Nikaia) 57
July 4 Battle of Dorylaion 58
March to Cogni and the Pisidian Antioch 58
Quarrel between Godfrey and Tancred at Tarsus 59
Conquest of Edessa by Baldwin 59
October Arrival of the crusaders before the Syrian Antioch 60
Siege of Antioch 60
Folly of the besiegers 61
Famine in the crusading camp 62
Arrival of envoys from the sultan of Egypt 62
Their terms rejected by the crusaders 63
1098 Fierce warfare between the Christians and the Turks 63
March Plans of Bohemond for the reduction of Antioch 64
June Betrayal of Antioch to Bohemond 65
Arrival of the Persians under Kerboga 65
Desertion of Stephen of Chartres 66
Desperate straits of the crusaders in Antioch 66
Discovery of the Holy Lance 67
Fate of the discoverer 68
June 28 Battle of Antioch 68
Defeat of Kerboga 69
Antioch made a principality for Bohemond 69
Mission of Hugh of Vermandois to Constantinople 70
Death of Adhemar, bishop of Puy 70
Siege and capture of Marra 71
1099, May March of the crusaders from Antioch 71
June Siege of Jerusalem 72
July Storming of the city 74
Adoration of the crusaders in the church of the Sepulchre 74
Exaltation of Peter the Hermit 75
Second and deliberate massacre in Jerusalem 75
Comparison of Omar and Godfrey 76
Election of Godfrey to the sovereignty of Jerusalem 76
Battle of Ascalon 77
Return of the pilgrims to Europe 77
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