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- catalog abstract "The Memoirs of Villehardouin and Joinville, here reproduced in an English form, are the first in date, those of Villehardouin having been written probably in the days of our King John, early in the thirteenth century; while those of Joinville were completed about a century later, in October 1309, shortly after our Edward II had begun to reign. Both are monuments of the French language, and of French prose, at an early stage of development. Both are written by eye-witnesses who had taken an important part, in the case of Villehardouin a very important part, in what they describe. Both deal with stirring episodes in one of the most stirring chapters in human history, the chapter that tells how, for some three centuries, Christendom put forth its power to capture, and again recapture, "those holy fields over whose acres walked those blessed feet which, fourteen hundred years ago, were nailed, for our advantage, on the bitter cross," and both serve to illustrate the varied motives that went to the initiation and maintenance of that great movement. - Introduction.".
- catalog contributor b855087.
- catalog contributor b855088.
- catalog contributor b855089.
- catalog contributor b855090.
- catalog coverage "Istanbul (Turkey) History.".
- catalog coverage "Latin Empire, 1204-1261.".
- catalog created "1908.".
- catalog date "1908".
- catalog date "1908.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1908.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [xlii]".
- catalog description "Introduction.--Villehardouin's chronicle of the fourth crusade and the conquest of Constantinople.--Joinville's chronicle of the crusade of St. Lewis.--Index.".
- catalog description "The Memoirs of Villehardouin and Joinville, here reproduced in an English form, are the first in date, those of Villehardouin having been written probably in the days of our King John, early in the thirteenth century; while those of Joinville were completed about a century later, in October 1309, shortly after our Edward II had begun to reign. Both are monuments of the French language, and of French prose, at an early stage of development. Both are written by eye-witnesses who had taken an important part, in the case of Villehardouin a very important part, in what they describe. Both deal with stirring episodes in one of the most stirring chapters in human history, the chapter that tells how, for some three centuries, Christendom put forth its power to capture, and again recapture, "those holy fields over whose acres walked those blessed feet which, fourteen hundred years ago, were nailed, for our advantage, on the bitter cross," and both serve to illustrate the varied motives that went to the initiation and maintenance of that great movement. - Introduction.".
- catalog extent "xli, [1], 340 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Memoirs of the crusades.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Memoirs of the crusades.".
- catalog isPartOf "Everyman's library. History".
- catalog issued "1908".
- catalog issued "1908.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engfro".
- catalog publisher "London : J. M. Dent & Co.; New York : E. P Dutton & Co.,".
- catalog relation "Memoirs of the crusades.".
- catalog spatial "Istanbul (Turkey) History.".
- catalog spatial "Latin Empire, 1204-1261.".
- catalog subject "Crusades Fourth, 1202-1204.".
- catalog subject "Crusades Seventh, 1248-1250.".
- catalog subject "D164.A3V".
- catalog subject "Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction.--Villehardouin's chronicle of the fourth crusade and the conquest of Constantinople.--Joinville's chronicle of the crusade of St. Lewis.--Index.".
- catalog title "Memoirs of the crusades / by Villehardouin & De Joinville; translated by Sir Frank Marzials.".
- catalog type "text".