Chronicles of the First Crusade
The story of the First Crusade, as witnessed by contemporary writers
''O day so ardently desired! O time of times the most memorable! O deed before all other deeds!''
The fall of Jerusalem in the summer of 1099 to an exhausted and starving army of western European soldiers was one of the most extraordinary events of the Middle Ages. It was both the climax of a great wave of visionary Christian fervo...
The story of the First Crusade, as witnessed by contemporary writers
''O day so ardently desired! O time of times the most memorable! O deed before all other deeds!''
The fall of Jerusalem in the summer of 1099 to an exhausted and starving army of western European soldiers was one of the most extraordinary events of the Middle Ages. It was both the climax of a great wave of visionary Christian fervo...
