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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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e, since most of the unfortunates died of hunger or by Turkish swordsalong the route of their aimless wanderings. The fall of Jerusalem roused all Europe to a sense of shame. Each manfelt that he had neglected the cause of God for his own private interests.There was no one great preacher this time to rouse men to action, yet morethan ever before seemed ready to take the crusaders vow. Xor was France, asformerly, the centre of the movement. Its king, Philip, and also his swornbrother, Richard, new seated on the English throne, both assumed the red cross.But so did another, greater than they, the German Emperor Frederick Barba-rossa, acknowledged on all sides as the chief potentate of Europe. Under Barbarossas guidance, the crusade promised success. He set out in1189 with one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, maintained strict disciplineamong them, led them in orderly fashion to Constantinople, and secured thealliance of its Emperor. Plunging then into the wilds of Asia Minor, he did
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France—Quarrels of the Crusaders 81 3 what no crusading general had yet accomplished—threaded its passes anddefeated its ambushed warriors without serious loss. Leaving the land conqueredand submissive behind him, he brought a practically undiminished army intothe north of Syria, and there, as you have read in Germanys story, died, whileplunging across a mountain stream. With him perished the crusades. His German troops, bewildered and dis-heartened and with no man among them fitted to take his place, disbanded atAntioch and gradually drifted home. Crusaders of all nations had, however,already arrived at Antioch by sea and were besieging Acre or Ptolemais. Therealso came Philip and Richard, not sorry at heart, perhaps, to be relieved of Bar-barossas overwhelming presence. Yet even here his absence proved the crusades undoing. Either of the twokings would have readily yielded precedence to him. Neither was prepared tosubmit to the other. Richard was indeed the vassal of Philip for

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