The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 08
CHAPTER IV
THE THIRD CRUSADE (1189-1193 A.D.) 379
The Saladin tithe, 381. Barbarossa’s crusade and death, 382. The siege of Acre or Ptolemais, 383. Geoffrey de Vinsauf’s account of Acre, 383. Richard’s voyage, 386. The French sail to Acre, 387. Dissension between the French and English kings, 388. Review of the siege, 390. The crusaders move on Jerusalem, 392. The enterprise abandoned, 396. Vinsauf’s account of Richard at Joppa, 397. Peace between the kings, 402. End and review of the Third Crusade, 404. Death of Saladin; Arab eulogies, 407.