The Fall of Constantinople: Bishop Leonard and the Greek Accounts
The Fall of Constantinople: Bishop Leonard and the Greek Accounts By Marios Philippides Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, Vol.22 (1981)
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Dover Castle and the Great Siege of 1216
Dover Castle and the Great Siege of 1216 John Goodall Chateau Gaillard XIX: Actes du Colloque International de Graz, 1998 (2000) Commanding the shortest sea crossing between England and the Continent, Dover Castle was a vital strategic and communication lynch-pin … Continue reading
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Tagged 12C, 13C, castle, England, fortifications, France, siege, Siege Warfare
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Accounts about the Loss of Acre (1291)
The Crusader kingdom in the Holy Land began to collapse in the later part of the thirteenth-century. The fall (1268) of Jaffa and Antioch to the Muslims caused Louis IX to undertake the Eighth Crusade, Eighth Crusade, 1270, which was cut short by … Continue reading
Robert of Clari’s account of the Fourth Crusade
Robert of Clari was a knight from Picardy who took part in the Fourth Crusade, which ended with the capture of Constantinople in 1204. Robert seems to have returned to France in 1205, since although his work contains references up … Continue reading
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Tagged 13C, Byzantine, Constantinople, Crusades, Fourth Crusade, siege
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French Chronicle of London: Naval Battle of Sluys (1340), Siege of Tournai (1341)
The French Chronicle of London, detailing events from 1259 to 1343, provides one of the best accounts of the naval battle of Sluys, and the siege of Tournai by Edward III in 1340. 12 Edward III. [A.D. 1337, 8]. Henry … Continue reading
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Tagged 14C, Battle, castle, chivalry, Crossbows, gunpowder, Hundred Years War, mangonels, naval, parliament, Philip VI, pillage, prisoner, raid, siege, Siege Engines, Sluys, springald, supplies, taxation, Tournai
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The First Crusade (1095-99), A short narrative from contemporary sources.
If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me… Continue reading
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Tagged 11C, Battle, Byzantium, chivalry, Constantinople, Crusaders, Crusades, First Crusade, fortifications, Franks, Jerusalem, logistics, March, Nicaea, Pilgrims, Robert of Flanders, Seljuk Turks, siege, Siege Engines, siege tower, Stephen of Blois, supplies, Turcopoles, Turks, Urban II
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Matthew of Edessa, Chronicle, Warfare in the Crusader States (1104-1127)
The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa is considered by scholars to be a primary source of major importance for the history of the Near East during the period of the early Crusades. This work relates events that occurred between the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12C, Crusader States, Crusaders, Crusades, Franks, Jerusalem, prisoners, Raids, ransom, retreat, siege, Siege Engines, Turks
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