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Identifier: crusadersorscene00keig (find matches)
Title: The crusaders; or, Scenes, events, and characters, from the times of the crusades
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Keightley, Thomas, 1789-1872
Subjects: Crusades
Publisher: London J.W. Parker
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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the emir was to repair the walls and towersof the city, and collect within it arms and munitions; hethen laid waste the country to a great distance, leavingfood for neither man nor beast. He expelled from the townall those Christians whose fidelity was dubious, allowingonly a few to remain on payment of large sums of money. Many Christians who, from terror or other motives, hadembraced Islam, now, emboldened by the vicinity of thecrusaders, returned to their ancient faith. Among thesewas a Norman knight, named Hugh Buduel, who, havingfled from home for a murder he had committed, had takenrefuge among the Moslems, and adopted their creed. Hisknowledge of the language and manners of the Saracensmade him now highly acceptable to the pilgrims, and theyreadily excused his former apostasy. Iftikhar-ed-dowlah had summoned the Moslems of theneighbouring towns to repair to the defence of the Holy * For this description of the mosk of Omar we are indebted to KaumersGeschichte der Hohenstauffen.
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1099.) SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. 141 City, and he could now count forty thousand warriorswithin its walls. The number of the Christian host, in-cluding the aged, the sick, and the women, was about thesame, but it contained only twenty thousand foot, andfifteen hundred knights capable of service. On the 7th of July, the pilgrim-army came beneath thewalls of Jerusalem, and pitched their lines on the northand west. The camp of the duke of Lorraine was on thewest before the Tower of David, where the fiercest attackswere to be expected; left of him were Tancred and thecount of Toulouse; then came the troops of Eobert ofFlanders : the duke of Normandy stood before the gate ofDamascus, northwards of the town. The lofty hills anddeep valleys which surrounded the remainder of the city,prevented the investment of the other sides.# CountKaymond shortly after, of his own accord, removed hisquarters to Mount Zion, in order to protect the church ofthe Mother of God, which lay in that direction. Nearlyall

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