Scope Of Chapter 58
Fall In The East — from 'The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire' by Edward Gibbon

ADEvent
1095-1099The first Crusade; Peter the Hermit
1095
Urban II. in the Council of Placentia; Council of Clermont
Justice of the Crusades? Spiritual Motives and Indulgences; Temporal and Carnal Motives; Influence of Example
1096Departure of the first Crusaders; Their Destruction
The Chiefs of the first Crusade
Godfrey of Bouillon Hugh of Vermandois, Robert of Normandy, Robert of Flanders, Stephen of Chartres, etc.
Raymond of Toulouse Bohemond and Tancred
Chivalry
1096,1097
March of the Princes to Constantinople; Policy of the Emperor Alexius Comnenus—He obtains the homage of the Crusaders
Insolence of the Franks
1097
Their Review and Numbers; Siege of Nice; Battle of Dorylaeum March through the Lesser Asia
ADEvent
1097-1151Baldwin founds the Principality of Edessa
1097, 1098 Siege of Antioch
1098
Victory of the Crusaders; Their Famine and Distress at Antioch; Legend of the Holy Lance; Celestial Warriors
The State of the Turks and Caliphs of Egypt
1098,1099Delay of the Franks
1099Their March to Jerusalem; Seige and Conquest of Jerusalem
1099,1100Election and Reign of Godfrey of Bouillon
1099 Battle of Ascalon
1099-1187The Kingdom of Jerusalem
1099-1369
Assise of Jerusalem; Court of Peers; Law of Judicial Combats ; Court of Burgesses; Syrians; Villains and Slaves
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