Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 174
THE CRUSADES. 123 Emperor of Germany, conceived the idea, more from political than religionsmotives, of reconquering, in the name of Christendom, the Holy City. Heembarked, accompanied only by a few hundred soldiers, and, landing in … Fig. 106.—Second taking of Constantinople, in 1204.—From a Fresco by Tintoretto, in thePalace of the Doges, Venice (Sixteenth Century). Egypt, had an interview with the Sultan, who was persuaded, under some un-known influence, to sign a treaty, by virtue of which Nazareth, Bethlehem,and Jerusalem…
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