CHAPTER XI.

Progress of Society--The Rise of Poetry in modern Europe-- Troubadours--Trouveres--Various Poetical Compositions--Effect of Poetry upon Chivalry--Effect of the Crusades on Society-- State of Palestine after the Second Crusade--Cession of Edessa to the Emperor Manuel Comnenus--Edessa completely subjected by the Turks--Ascalon taken by the Christians-- State of Egypt under the last Califs of the Fatimite Race-- The Latins and the Atabecks both design the Conquest of Egypt--Struggles for that Country--Rise of Saladin--Disputes among the Latins concerning the Succession of the Crown--Guy of Lusignan crowned--Saladin invades Palestine--Battle of Tiberias--Fall of Jerusalem--Conquest of all Palestine--Some Inquiry into the Causes of the Latin Overthrow 219