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"The Conquest of Constantinople" by Geoffrey of Villehardouin and "The Life of Saint Louis" by John of Joinville are eye-witness accounts of going to war in the service of God. In the first years of the thirteenth century Villehardouin served as an envoy in the Fourth Crusade, at the very heart of a campaign that veered from its aim of conquering Muslim Egypt to the sacking of Greek Orthodox Constantinople. Half a century later, Joinville accompanied the French king, Louis IX, on crusade to Egypt and the Near East. "The Chronicles of the Crusades" are invaluable first-hand narratives of these campaigns and provide vivid insights into the characters and beliefs of the crusaders.
| ISBN | 0140449981 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780140449983
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 344 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Previous ISBN | 9780140441246 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 30 Oct 2008 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Translator | Caroline Smith | | Spine width (mm) | 26 | | DEWEY | 909.07 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Interest age | 17 | | Pages | 464 | |
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| | | Chronology | | | | | | Introduction | | | | | | Further Reading | | | | | | A Note on the Translations | | | | | | Maps | | | | | | The Conquest of Constantinople | | 1 | | | | The Life of Saint Louis | | 137 | | Appendix I | | Two 'Crusade Songs' | | 337 | | Appendix II | | Epitaph for Geoffrey III of Joinville | | 346 | | | | Notes | | 349 | | | | Glossary | | 383 | | | | Indexes | | 391 |
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