Category: History - European
The second Crusade was ended.[1] Exploits as heroic as those in the first Crusade, under Godfrey of Bouillon,[2] had been performed, but no battles as glorious as those in the first had been fought. It was a difficult task to wrest Palestine from the domination of the Turks. S...
The Emperor thoroughly understood the friendly solicitude of his host. He had had large experience with Greek treachery in little as well as in great affairs. He was well aware...
12. Chapter XIIWe left the Emperor fighting furiously in the streets of Iconium. Where the danger was greatest he fought with the bravery always characteristic of him. None could withstand him...
8. Chapter VIIIOur young hero rode with a stout heart. His steed showed itself a worthy representative of the splendid Arab breed. The waves of a gently flowing stream could not have borne him...
10. Chapter XThe brothers passed a sorrowful and sleepless night. Though they felt greatly honored by the Emperor’s protection, they would rather have grown to manhood under their father’s e...
7. Chapter VIIAt last the Germans reached the sacred land of Asia Minor. He who beholds it for the first time cannot fail to admire the surpassing beauty of the country. Winter, instead of de...
11. Chapter XIEvening had hardly fallen when the Sultan again suddenly appeared in the brothers’ room. He entered noiselessly and regarded the two with a malicious expression, as they stood a...
9. Chapter IXThe intention of Frederick’s faithless allies to destroy his army by hunger rather than by the sword was frustrated by the indefatigable exertions of the Germans. Though greatly...
6. Chapter VIIt will be remembered that the second Crusade, under Conrad III, was disastrous to the Christians in the Holy Land. The discords which everywhere prevailed and the wranglings an...
2. Chapter IIThe German Empire suffered many grave calamities the following year.[4] Henry, who already had been designated successor of Conrad III, suddenly died, and all hope of filling th...
3. Chapter IIIThere was little sincerity in the protestations of loyalty which the Italian cities made to the Emperor; indeed their disrespect for him was soon openly displayed. Milan defied...
1. Chapter IThe second Crusade was ended.[1] Exploits as heroic as those in the first Crusade, under Godfrey of Bouillon,[2] had been performed, but no battles as glorious as those in the f...
5. Chapter VAfter the battle at Legnano, the Emperor’s old friend Conrad, who had almost miraculously escaped every danger, returned to Castle Felseck. Those were sad days for him and his w...
4. Chapter IVPeace now prevailed both in Italy and Germany. Frederick regarded the remarkable prosperity of the Italian cities without envy, for it contributed greatly toward the prosperity...