Richard I Makers of History

The triumphal entry into Messina.--The jealousy of the Sicilians and the envy of the French.--The winter sets in upon Richard and Philip in Sicily.--Winter quarters.--Tancred.--...

The expedition is at last ready to sail from Sicily.--The grand spectacle of the embarkation at Messina.--The order of sailing.--Trenc-le-mer.--The storm.--Navigation in the twe...

Richard the Crusader.--A quarrelsome king.--Richard's kingdom.--Union of England and Normandy.--England was a possession of Normandy.--Eleanora of Aquitaine.--The contemporaries...

The distress of the besieged city.--Famine.--Disappointed hopes.--The various methods of warfare.--Undermining the walls.--The effect on the walls.--A spy in the city.--The lett...

Richard leaving Acre.--Modern warfare.--Contrast between modern and ancient weapons.--Purifying the places of pagan worship.--Revelings of the soldiery.--The object of the Crusa...

Feuds in the Christian army.--The march in November.--The army weakened by disease, mutiny, and desertion.--The return to Ascalon.--Rebuilding the fortifications.--Saladin press...

The conquest of Jerusalem by Godfrey of Bouillon.--History of the contest for the title of King of Jerusalem.--A delicate question.--The Crusaders' motives.--How Richard and Phi...

The sons and daughters of King Henry.--Rebellions and family quarrels.--The appearance of the Queen Eleanora in London.--Illuminated portraits.--The queen's attire.--The king's...

Richard's betrothal to Berengaria--The obstacles which prevented the marriage of Richard and Alice.--The first acquaintance of Richard and the Princess Berengaria.--The fame of...

The plan of embarking the troops.--The English fleet.--The French forces.--Richard's rules.--The origin of tarring and feathering.--Command of the fleet.--The fleet dispersed by...

The reverses of King Henry.--Negotiating a peace.--The thunder-storm.--Henry's horsemanship.--The hard conditions of peace imposed by Philip and Richard.--The sick king.--His di...

Conjectures of Richard's friends.--Queen Berengaria in Rome.--Richard in prison.--He is discovered by Blondel.--Berengaria's distress at the loss of her husband.--The people of...

The battle of Jaffa.--Richard gives the army employment.--Uncomfortable news from England.--Richard's resolution.--Account of the country through which the army marched.--The ap...

The mystery surrounding Fair Rosamond's history.--The valley of the Wye.--The clandestine marriage.--The palace of Woodstock.--Rosamond's concealed cottage.--The construction of...

Richard was thirty-two years of age at his accession.--His ardent desires for distinction in crusades.--Motives of the crusaders.--A strange delusion.--The preparations.--Navies...

The returning Crusaders met by a storm.--Richard's sudden change of course.--His route homeward.--King Richard traveling in disguise of a pilgrim.--Richard's enemies in Germany....

The massacre of the Jews.--Their social position.--The history of the commercial character of the Jews.--The persecution of the Jews in France.--Conciliating the king.--A descri...

The different names of Acre.--Order of St. John.--The Hospitalers.--Knights of St. John.--Origin of the name of St. Jean d'Acre.--The order.--A description of the town of Acre.-...

The besieging army at Acre.--Motives of the Saracens.--Motives of the Christians.--Envyings and jealousy among the besiegers.--King of Jerusalem.--A common danger makes a common...

Richard and Saladin agree upon a three years' truce.--Richard's reason for this course.--The treaty.--The coast.--Ascalon to be dismantled.--Pilgrims to Jerusalem protected.--Ev...

Richard's reasons for returning home.--Causes of internal dissension in England and Normandy.--Longchamp's disguise.--His escape from England.--Philip's oath broken.--Pretext fo...

Richard's arrogance produces dissension in the camp.--The progress of the quarrel between Richard and Philip.--The English and French armies no longer co-operate.--Preparations...