Michaud's History of the Crusades

 

Illustrated by Gustave Doré

 

 

 

History of the Crusades is the work of the French poet, satirist, historian, publisher,

journalist and conversationalist, Joseph François Michaud (1767-1839) and a two

volume set illustrated by Gustave Doré was produced by George Barry, Publisher

(Philadelphia) in the 1880s.

 

Michaud was born to a distinguished family and remained aligned with the Bourbon

cause at a time in French history when the Revolution and Napoleon's subsequent

'adventures' created some difficulties for those who continued to remain loyal to that

tradition. Despite those difficulties, however, his productivity was significant and -

among other appointments - he was a Member of the Academy of France.

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Cover of ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud and illustrated by Gustave Dore

 

Above, we show an antique example

(circa 1880s) of Michaud's work

illustrated by Gustave Doré

Michaud's History of the Crusades includes books titled: "Birth of the Crusades"; "Departure and March of the Crusaders"; "The March to, and Siege of Antioch"; "The Siege of Jerusalem"; "History of the Kingdom of Jerusalem"; "The Second Crusade"; "The Third Crusade"; "Saladin"; "The Fourth Crusade"; "The Fifth Crusade";"From the Restoration of Isaac to the Death of Baldwin"; "The Sixth Crusade"; "The Seventh Crusade"; "Damietta and Louis IX"; "The Eighth Crusade"; "Attempted Crusades against the Turks"; "Crusades against the Turks"; and "Upon the State of Europe".

 

Chronologically, Michaud deals with relevant developments between 300AD and 1685.

 

The illustrations by Doré capture all the savagery, nobility and vast sweep of the

centuries-long conflict - the suite is considered to be among the finest of the pictorial

interpretations of the Crusades. Presenting a masterful combination of power, vivid

detail and visual effect, the plates were engraved by artisans including Bellenger, Doms,

Gusman, Jonnard, Pannemaker, Pisan and Quesnel.

 

 

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To present these images, we have chosen to show them in the order of the Chapters with which they are associated.

Below each of the illustrations, we have identified the relevant Part and Chapter, in addition to the Title of the illustration.

 

As you peruse these illustrations, you may also like to consider reading Michaud's Introduction to this great work.

 

 

Gustave Dore 'Hospitality of Barbarians to Pilgrims' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

 Gustave Dore 'Foulque-Nerra assailed by the Phantoms of his Victims' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore 'Peter the Hermit preaching the Crusade' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore 'The War Cry of the Crusaders' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book I

Birth of the Crusades

AD 300-1095

Hospitality of Barbarians to Pilgrims

(1)

Book I

Birth of the Crusades

AD 300-1095

Foulque-Nerra assailed by the

Phantoms of his Victims

(2)

 

 

Book I

Birth of the Crusades

AD 300-1095

Peter the Hermit preaching the Crusade

(3)

Book I

Birth of the Crusades

AD 300-1095

The War Cry of the Crusaders

(4)

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Gustave Dore 'Walter the Penniless in Hungary' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore 'The Army of Priest Volkmar and Count Emicio attack Mersbourg' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore 'The Second Crusaders encounter the remains of the First Crusaders' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore 'Celestial Phenomena' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

Walter the Penniless in Hungary

(5)

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

The Army of Priest Volkmar and

Count Emicio attack Mersbourg

(6)

 

 

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

The Second Crusaders encounter the

remains of the First Crusaders

(7)

 

 

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

Celestial Phenomena

(8)

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Gustave Dore 'Astonishment of the Crusaders at the wealth of the East' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore 'Godfrey meets the remains of the Army of Peter the Hermit' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore 'Priests exhorting the Crusaders' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore 'Crusaders throwing heads into Nice' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

Astonishment of the Crusaders

at the wealth of the East

(9)

 

 

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

Godfrey meets the remains of the Army

of Peter the Hermit

(10)

 

 

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

Priests exhorting the Crusaders

(11)

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

Crusaders throwing heads into Nice

(12)

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Gustave Dore - 'The Battle of Nicea' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Battle of Dorylaeum' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Burying the dead after the Battle of Dorylaeum' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Battle of Antioch' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

The Battle of Nicea

(13)

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

The Battle of Dorylæum

(14)

Book II

Departure and March of the Crusaders

AD 1096-1097

Burying the dead after

the Battle of Dorylæum

(15)

 

 

Book III

The March to, and Siege of Antioch

AD 1097-1099

The Battle of Antioch

(16)

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Gustave Dore - 'Florentine of Burgundy' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Bohemond alone mounts the rampart of Antioch' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Massacre of Antioch' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Barthelemi undergoing the Ordeal of Fire' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book III

The March to, and Siege of Antioch

AD 1097-1099

Florentine of Burgundy

(17)

 

 

Book III

The March to, and Siege of Antioch

AD 1097-1099

Bohémond alone mounts the

rampart of Antioch

(18)

 

 

Book III

The March to, and Siege of Antioch

AD 1097-1099

The Massacre of Antioch

(19)

Book IV

The Siege of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1103

Barthélemi undergoing the

Ordeal of Fire

(20)

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Gustave Dore - 'The Road to Jerusalem' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Enthusiasm of Crusaders at the first view of Jerusalem' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Second assult of Jerusalem - The Crusaders repulsed' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Apparition of St George on the Mount of Olives' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book IV

The Siege of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1103

The road to Jerusalem

(21)

 

 

Book IV

The Siege of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1103

Enthusiasm of Crusaders at the

first view of Jerusalem

(22)

 

 

Book IV

The Siege of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1103

Second assault of Jerusalem:

The Crusaders repulsed

(23)

Book IV

The Siege of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1103

Apparition of St George on the

Mount of Olives

(24)

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Gustave Dore - 'Godfrey enters Jerusalem' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The discovery of the True Cross' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Godfrey imposed tributes upon Emirs' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Gerard of Avesnes exposed on the walls of Asur' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book IV

The Siege of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1103

Godfrey enters Jerusalem

(25)

 

 

Book IV

The Siege of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1103

The discovery of the True Cross

(26)

Book V

History of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1148

Godfrey imposed tributes upon Emirs

(27)

 

 

Book V

History of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1148

Gerard of Avesnes exposed on the

walls of Asur

(28)

 

 

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Gustave Dore - 'The Crusaders massacre the inhabitants of Caesarea' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Two hundred Knights attack twenty thousand Saracens' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Death of Baldwin, King of Jerusalem' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Ylgazy gives Gauthier his life' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book V

History of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1148

The Crusaders massacre the

inhabitants of Cæsarea

(29)

 

 

Book V

History of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1148

Two hundred Knights attack

twenty thousand Saracens

(30)

 

 

Book V

History of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1148

Death of Baldwin, King of Jerusalem

(31)

 

 

Book V

History of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

AD 1099-1148

Ylgazy gives Gauthier his life

(32)

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Gustave Dore - 'Louis VII receiving the Cross from St Bernard' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Destruction of the army of Conrad III of Germany' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Surprised by the Turks' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Louis VII' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book VI

The Second Crusade

AD 1142-1148

Louis VII receiving the Cross

from St Bernard

(33)

 

 

Book VI

The Second Crusade

AD 1142-1148

Destruction of the army of

Conrad III of Germany

(34)

 

 

Book VI

The Second Crusade

AD 1142-1148

Surprised by the Turks

(35)

Book VI

The Second Crusade

AD 1142-1148

Louis VII

(36)

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Gustave Dore - 'Saladin' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Glorious death of De Maille, Marshal of the Temple' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Death of Frederick of Germany' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Siege of Ptolemais' (I) from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book VII

The Third Crusade

AD 1148-1188

Saladin

(37)

 

 

Book VII

The Third Crusade

AD 1148-1188

Glorious death of De Maillé,

Marshall of the Temple

(38)

Book VII

The Third Crusade

AD 1148-1188

Death of Frederick of Germany

(39)

 

 

Book VIII

Saladin

AD 1188-1192

The Siege of Ptolemaïs

(40)

 

 

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Gustave Dore - 'The Siege of Ptolemais' (II) from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Richard Coeur de Lion in reprisal massacres captives' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Crusaders surrounded by Saladin's army' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Richard Coeur de Lion and Saladin at the Battle of Arsur' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book VIII

Saladin

AD 1188-1192

The Siege of Ptolemaïs

(41)

 

 

Book VIII

Saladin

AD 11188-1192

Richard Cœur de Lion in

reprisal massacres captives

(42)

 

 

Book VIII

Saladin

AD 1188-1192

Crusaders surrounded by Saladin's army

(43)

 

Book VIII

Saladin

AD 1188-1192

Richard Cœur de Lion and Saladin

at the Battle of Arsur

(44)

 

 

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Gustave Dore - 'Richard Coeur de Lion delivering Jaffa' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Blondel hears the voice of Richard' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Dandolo, Doge of Venice, preaching the Crusade' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Emperor Alexius poisoned and strangled by Mourzoufle' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book VIII

Saladin

AD 1188-1192

Richard Cœur de Lion

delivering Jaffa

(45)

 

 

Book VIII

Saladin

AD 1188-1192

Blondel hears the voice of Richard

(46)

Book IX

The Fourth Crusade

AD 1195-1198

Dandolo, Doge of Venice,

preaching the Crusade

(47)

Book XI

From the Restoration of Isaac

to the Death of Baldwin

AD 1198-1204

The Emperor Alexius poisoned and

strangled by Mourzoufle

(48)

 

 

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Gustave Dore - 'Mourzoufle parleying with Dandolo' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Holy Sepulchre' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Crusaders against the Moors of Granada' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XI

From the Restoration of Isaac

to the Death of Baldwin

AD 1198-1204

Mourzoufle parleying with

Dandolo

(49)

 

 

Book XI

From the Restoration of Isaac

to the Death of Baldwin

AD 1198-1204

Entry of the Crusaders into

Constantinople

(50)

 

 

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

The Holy Sepulchre

(51)

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

Crusade against the

Moors of Granada

(52)

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Gustave Dore - 'The Crusade of the Children' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'A Friendly Tournament' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'For the Defence of Christ' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'St Francis of Assise endeavours to convert Sultan Melic-Kamely' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

The Crusade of the Children

(53)

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

A Friendly Tournament

(54)

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

For the Defence of Christ

(55)

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

St Francis of Assise endeavours

to convert Sultan Melic-Kamely

(56)

 

 

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Gustave Dore - 'The Baptism of Infidels' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Departure of Thibault, King of Navarre' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Crusader's War Machinery' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Gaining Converts' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

The Baptism of Infidels

(57)

 

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

The Departure of Thibault,

King of Navarre

(58)

 

 

Book XII

The Sixth Crusade

AD 1200-1215

The Crusader's War Machinery

(59)

Book XIII

The Seventh Crusade

AD 1242-1245

Gaining Converts

(60)

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Gustave Dore - 'The True Cross' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Benediction' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Dispersal of the Syrian Army by a Sand Tempest' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'St Louis before Damietta' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XIII

The Seventh Crusade

AD 1242-1245

The True Cross

(61)

 

 

Book XIII

The Seventh Crusade

AD 1242-1245

Benediction

(62)

Book XIII

The Seventh Crusade

AD 1242-1245

Dispersal of the Syrian Army

by a Sand Tempest

(63)

 

 

Book XIII

The Seventh Crusade

AD 1242-1245

St Louis before Damietta

(64)

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Gustave Dore - 'The Deum after Victory' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Crusaders on the Nile' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'A Message from the East' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'St Louis a prisoner in Egypt' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XIII

The Seventh Crusade

AD 1242-1245

The Deum after Victory

(65)

 

 

Book XIII

The Seventh Crusade

AD 1242-1245

The Crusaders on the Nile

(66)

Book XIV

Damietta and Louis IX

AD 1248-1255

A Message from the East

(67)

Book XIV

Damietta and Louis IX

AD 1248-1255

St Louis a prisoner in Egypt

(68)

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Gustave Dore - 'Arrival in Cairo of prisoners of Minich' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Christian Cavaliers captive in Cairo' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Death of Almoadam' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Emir's head shown in the Seraglio' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XIV

Damietta and Louis IX

AD 1248-1255

Arrival in Cairo of prisoners

of Minich

(69)

 

 

Book XIV

Damietta and Louis IX

AD 1248-1255

Christian Cavaliers captive in Cairo

(70)

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

Death of Almoadam

(71)

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

The Emir's head shown in the Seraglio

(72)

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Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

The Sultana Chegger-Eddour and

the Emir Saif-Eddin

(73)

 

 

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

The Celestial Light

(74)

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

The Cruelties of Bibars

(75)

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

The Captives

(76)

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Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

The Departure from Aigues-Mortes

(77)

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

The Night of August 25th, 1270

(78)

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

Prayers for the Dead

(79)

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

Assassination of Henry of Germany

(80)

 

 

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Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

Edward III of England kills his

attempted Assassin

(81)

 

 

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

The Dishonorable Truce

(82)

Book XV

The Eighth Crusade

AD 1255-1270

Invocation to Mohamet

(83)

Book XVI

Attempted Crusades against the Turks

AD 1291-1396

Sanuti showing Maps of the East

to Pope John XXII

(84)

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Gustave Dore - 'The Veteran' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Constantine Palaeologus haranguing the Defenders of Constantinople' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Mahomet II before Constantinople' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Ottomans penetrate Hungary' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XVI

Attempted Crusades against the Turks

AD 1291-1396

The Veteran

(85)

 

 

Book XVI

Attempted Crusades against the Turks

AD 1291-1396

Constantine Palaeologus haranguing

the Defenders of Constantinople

(86)

Book XVI

Attempted Crusades against the Turks

AD 1291-1396

Mahomet II before Constantinople

(87)

Book XVII

Crusades against the Turks

AD 1453-1481

The Ottomans penetrate Hungary

(88)

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Gustave Dore - 'The Sinews of War' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Crusaders crossing Mount Taurus' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'An Enemy of the Crusaders' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Battle of Lepanto' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XVII

Crusades against the Turks

AD 1453-1481

The Sinews of War

(89)

 

 

Book XVII

Crusades against the Turks

AD 1453-1481

The Crusaders crossing Mount Taurus

(90)

Book XVII

Crusades against the Turks

AD 1453-1481

An Enemy of the Crusaders

(91)

Book XVII

Crusades against the Turks

AD 1453-1481

The Battle of Lepanto

(92)

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Book XVII

Crusades against the Turks

AD 1453-1481

The Departure

(93)

 

 

Book XVIII

Upon the State of Europe

AD 1571-1685

The Order of Chivalry

(94)

Book XVIII

Upon the State of Europe

AD 1571-1685

The Return

(95)

Book XVIII

Upon the State of Europe

AD 1571-1685

The Christian Army in the

Mountains of Judea

(96)

 

 

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Gustave Dore - 'Confession' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Miracles' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'The Battle of Arsur' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud Gustave Dore - 'Troubadours singing the Glories of the Crusades' from ''History of the Crusades'' (1880), written by Joseph Francois Michaud

Book XVIII

Upon the State of Europe

AD 1571-1685

Confession

(97)

 

 

Book XVIII

Upon the State of Europe

AD 1571-1685

Miracles

(98)

Book XVIII

Upon the State of Europe

AD 1571-1685

The Battle of Arsur

(99)

Book XVIII

Upon the State of Europe

AD 1571-1685

Troubadours singing the

Glories of the Crusades

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Michaud's Introduction to History of the Crusades

 

 

The history of the middle ages presents no spectacle more imposing than the Crusades, in which are to be seen the

nations of Asia and of Europe armed against each other, two religions contending for superiority, and disputing

the empire of the world. After having been several times threatened by the Mussulmans, and a long time exposed

to their invasions, all at once the West arouses itself, and appears, according to the expression of a Greek historian -

Anna Comnena - to tear itself from its foundation, in order to precipitate itself upon Asia. All nations abandon

their interests and their rivalries, and see upon the face of the earth but one single country worthy of the ambition

of conquerors. One would believe that there no longer exists in the universe any other city but Jerusalem, or any

other habitable spot of earth but that which contains the tomb of Jesus Christ. All the roads which lead to the holy

city are deluged with blood, and present nothing but the scattered spoils and wrecks of empires.

 

In this general confusion we may contemplate the sublimest virtues mixed with all the disorders of the wildest

passions. The Christian soldiers have at the same time to contend against famine, the influence of climate, and

enemies the most formidable; in the greatest dangers, in the midst of their successes and their constant discords,

nothing can exhaust either their perseverance or their resignation. After four years of fatigue, of miseries, and of

victories, Jerusalem is taken by the Crusaders; but their conquests are not the work of wisdom and prudence, but

the fruit of blind enthusiasm and ill-directed heroism, they create nothing but a transient power.

 

The banner of the cross soon passes from the hands of Godfrey de Bouillon into those of his weak and imbecile

successors. Jerusalem, now a Christian city, is obliged again for succour to the West. At the voice of St Bernard,

the Christians take arms. Conducted by an emperor of Germany and a king of France, they fly to the defence of

the Holy Land; but they have no longer great captains among them; they have none of the magnanimity or

heroic resignation of their fathers. Asia, which beholds their coming without terror, already presents a new

spectacle. The disciples of Mahomet awaken from their apathy; they are at once seized with a frenzy equal to

that which had armed their enemies; they oppose enthusiasm to enthusiasm, fanaticism to fanaticism, and in their

turn burn with a desire to shed their blood in a religious war.

 

The spirit of discord which had destroyed their power is no longer felt but among the Christians. Luxury and the

manners of the East weaken the courage of the defenders of the cross, and make them forget the object even of

the holy war. Jerusalem, which had cost the Crusaders so much blood, falls again into the power of the infidels,

and becomes the conquest of a wise and warlike prince, who had united under his banner the forces of Syria

and Egypt.

 

The genius and fortune of Saladin inflict a mortal blow upon the ill-assured power of the Christians in the East.

In vain an emperor of the West, and two kings celebrated for their bravery, place themselves at the head of the

whole powers of their states to deliver Palestine; these new armies of Crusaders meet everywhere with brave

enemies and invincible barriers, and all their united efforts produce nothing but illustrious disasters. The kingdom

of Jerusalem, for whose ruins they contend, is no longer anything but a vain name; soon even the captivity and

the miseries of the holy city cease to inspire the sentiments of piety and enthusiasm that they had given birth to

among the Christians. The Crusaders, who had taken up arms for its deliverance, suffer themselves to be

seduced by the wealth of Greece, and stop short to undertake the conquest of Constantinople.

 

From that time the spirit of the Crusaders begins to change; whilst a small number of Christians still shed their

blood for the deliverance of the tomb of Jesus Christ, the princes and the knights are deaf to everything but

the voice of ambition. The popes complete the corruption of the true spirit of the Crusaders, by urging them

on, by their preaching, against other Christian people, and against their own personal enemies. The holy wars

then degenerate into civil wars, in which both religion and humanity are outraged.

 

These abuses of the crusades, and the dire passions which had mixed themselves with them, plunge Europe in

disorder and anarchy; when a pious king undertakes once more to arm the powers of the West against the

infidels, and to revive among the Crusaders the spirit which had animated the companions of Godfrey. The two

wars directed by this pious chief, are more unfortunate than all the others. In the first, the world is presented

with the spectacle of a captive army and a king in fetters; in the second, that of a powerful monarch dying in

its ashes. Then it is that the illusion disappears, and Jerusalem ceases to attract all the attention of the West.

 

Soon after, the face of Europe is changed; intelligence dissipates barbarism; the crusades no longer excite the

same degree of enthusiasm, and the first effect of the civilization it begins to spread is to weaken the spirit of

the fanaticism which had given them birth. Some few useless efforts are at times made to rekindle the fire

which had burnt so furiously in Europe and Asia. The nations are so completely recovered from the pious

delirium of the Crusades, that when Germany finds itself menaced by the Mussulmans, who are masters of

Constantinople, the banner of the cross can with difficulty gather any army around it; and Europe, which had

risen in a mass to attack the infidels in Asia, opposes but a feeble resistance to them on its own territories.

 

Such is, in a few words, the picture of the events and revolutions which the historian of the crusades has to

describe. A writer who has preceded us by two centuries, and who calls the history of the Crusades a right

royal history, is surprised at the silence preserve to his time. "I esteem it," says he, "a deplorable thing that such

persons, inferior in not way to those who have been so much celebrated by the Greeks and the Romans,

should have fallen into such obscurity, that we search in vain to discover who they were and what they did;

and they appear to me highly culpable, who, possessing learning and the skill to write, have left these histories

neglected." Everybody ought not to be of this opinion, and regret that our great writers have not entertained

the noble subject of the Crusades. When I undertake to supply the want created by their silence, I am duly

impressed with the difficulty of the task.

 

They who, among us, have written ancient history, had for guides the historians of Rome and Athens. The

brilliant colours of Livy, of Tacitus, of Thucydides presented themselves naturally to their pencils; but I have

no models to follow, and am compelled to make those historians of the middle ages speak whom our times

despise. They have rarely sustained me in my labour by the charm of their style, or the elegance of their

narrations; but if they have afforded me no lessons in the art of writing, they transmit to me at least events

whose interest will make up for the deficiency of their talent or mine. Perhaps it will be found, in the perusal

of this history, that a period in style of our old historians, in my view, appears to reanimate the persons and

the characters they describe; and if I have profited by that which they have taught me, the age in which they

lived will not be ill represented in my pages. It would have been easy for me to have censured with severity,

as has usually been done, their ignorance and their credulity, but I respect in them the frankness and the

candour of the periods of which they are the interpreters. Without yielding faith to all they say, I have not

disdained the fables they relate to us, and which were believed by their contemporaries; for that which was

thought worthy of credit then serves to picture to us the manners of our ancestors, and forms an essential

part of the history of past ages.

 

We do not now require much sagacity to discover in our ancient chronicles what is fabulous and what is not.

A far more difficult thing is to reconcile, upon some points, the frequent contradictory assertions of the Latins,

the Greeks and the Saracens, and to separate, in the history of the crusades, that which belong to religious

fanaticism, to policy or to human passions. I do not pretend to resolve more skillfully than others these

difficult problems, or to elevate myself above my subject, by offering positive judgments upon the nations

and ages which will present themselves before me. Without giving myself up to digressions in which it is

always easy to make a display of learning, after having scrupulously examined the historical monuments

which remain to us, I will tell honestly what I believe to be the truth, and will leave dissertations to the erudite,

and conjectures to philosophers.

 

In an age in which some value is set upon an opinion of the crusades, it will be first asked, if the wars of the

Crusades were just. Upon this head we have but little to answer: whilst the Crusaders believed that they were

obeying God himself, by attacking the Saracens in the East, the latter, who had invaded a part of Asia possessed

by Christian people, who had god possession of Spain, who threatened Constantinople, the coasts of Italy, and

several countries of the West, did not reproach their enemies with making an unjust war, and left to fortune

and victory the care of deciding a question almost always useless.

 

We shall think it of more importance in this history to examine what was the cause and the nature of these

remote wars, and what has proved to be their influence on civilization. The crusades were produced by the

religious and military spirit which prevailed in Europe during the middle ages. The love of arms and religious

fervour were two dominant passions, which, mingled in some way, lent each other a mutual energy. These two

great principles, united and acting together, gave birth to the holy war; and carried, among the Crusaders,

valour, resignation and heroism of character to the highest degree of eminence.

 

The part which the union of these two principles necessarily had in the undertaking of the holy wars will be

plainly perceived in our narration. It will be much less easy for us to make all the results of the crusades

appreciated. Some writers have seen nothing in these great expeditions but the most deplorable excesses, without

any advantage to the ages that succeeded them; others, on the contrary, maintain that we owe to them all the

benefits of civilization. It is not, at present, my business to examine these two conflicting opinions. Without

believing that the holy wars have done either all the good or all the harm that is attributed to them, it must be

admitted that they were a source of bitter sorrow to the generations that saw them or took part in them; but

like the ills and tempest of human life, which render man better, and often assist the progress of this reason, they

have forwarded the experiences of nations; and it may be said, that after having for a time seriously agitated

and shaken society, they have, in the end, much strengthened the foundations of it. This opinion, when stripped

of all spirit of exaggeration of system, will, perhaps, appear the most reasonable; I, besides, experience some

pleasure in adopting it, from its being consolatory to the age in which we live. The present generation, which

has witnessed the outbreak of so many passions on the political scene, which has passed through so many

calamities, will not see without interest that Providence sometimes employs great revolutions to enlighten

mankind, and to ensure the future prosperity of empires.

 

 

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