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Crusade Sources
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- 1Chronicles Edessa's siege by Zengi in 1144. Ibn al-Athir, On the Fall of Edessa
- 2Chronicles the feud between Joscelin and Prince Raymond. Illustrative of Zengi's cruelty.William of Tyre on the fall of Edessa
- 3After Zengi takes Edessa, another crusade is called. Here, the speaker highlights a need for reestablished christian order and vengeance in the face of chaos.Eugenius III Calls for Crusade
- 4Describes the need for Crusade and condemns the acts of Zengi. Calls Christians to arms.Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux
- 5Conrad feels slighted by the French and then falls ill.John Kinnamos, Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus
- 6Propaganda(?) that justified the german loss in crusade to the German people.Conrad III's Letter Home
- 7 Blames the rise of pseudo-prophets within the Christian ranks for the failure of the crusade. Commented on the debts of many crusaders and the material desperations within the ranksAnonymous Annals of Wurzburg
- 8 Asks those who detract from the second crusade not to attack god’s glory but rather himself.Bernard of Clairvaux
- 9Chronicles Amalric's journey to Constantinople to ask the emperor for aid.William of Tyre, Amalric I in Constantinople
- 10Illustrates the strife within Jerusalem before Saladin's siege. Depicts Saladin selling the poor into slavery.Roger of Wendover on the fall of Jerusalem
- 11Crusader forces are overcome by Saladin, who beheads Arnat of Karak and then executes hospitalers and other crusader warriors.Ibn al-Athir on Aftermath of Hattin
- 12Illustrates the massacre of 3000 muslim prisoners at the hands of King Richard.Baha ad-Din, On the Prisoners at Acre
- 13Illustrates the deaths of Muslim prisoners but celebrates it.Gesta Regis Ricardi, On the Executions at Acre
- 14Chronicles the receiving of the Germans by the Byzantines in 1196. "King of kings" But the Byzantines are actually royalty.Niketas Choniates, Embassy from Henry VI
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