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niypertofthoseenthusiastshin

    sightoftheholyland.theyhadheywere

    foreadanger

    tothesafetyofthehighroadsandtheyhe

    angryuntrypeople.

    thefirstcrusade,aobofhochristians,defaulting

    bankrupts,pennilessnoblenandfugitivesfroustice,

    folloitander

    paignagainsttheinfidelsby

    rderingallthejetheytbythehey

    gotasfarashungaryaheywereallkilled.

    thisexperien

    aloheholylandfree.anisationwas

    asnecessaryasgoodin

    trainingandequippinganarof200,000n.theywere

    pladerndofgodfreyofbouillon,robert,duke

    ofnorndy,robert,untofflanders,andanuerof

    otheoblen,allexperieheartofwar.

    intheyear1096thissendcrusadestarteduponitslong

    voyage.atnstantiheknightsdidhogetothe

    eeror.forasihavetoldyou,traditionsdiehard,and

    aroneeror,hoillheld

    irespect.thentheycrossedintoasia,killedallthe

    sleedjerusalessacred

    thehaedanpopulation,andrchedtotheholy

    sepulidsttearsofpietyand

    gratitude.butsoourksrengthehearrival

    offreshtroops.theookjerusalendintu

    killedthefaithfulfollohecross.

    durituries,sevenothercrusadestook

    place.graduallythecrusadersleaedtheteiqueofthe

    trip.thelandvoyageootediousandtoodangerous.

    theypreferredtocrossthealpsandgotogenoaorvenice

    heytookshipfortheeast.thegeheveians

    dethistransditerraneanpassengerserviceavery

    profitablebusiheychargedexorbitantrates,andwhen

    theoneyuldnot

    paytheprice,theseitalian``profiteerskindlyallo

    to``venice

    toaountof

    fightingfortheohisly

    increasedherterritoryalooftheadriatidin

    greece,eaveianlony,andinthe

    islandsofcyprusaeandrhodes.

    allthis,hotleilingthequestion

    oftheholyland.afterthefirstenthusiasad

    epartoftheliberal

    educationofeveryan,andthere

    neveresforservipalestine.

    buttheoldzealhecrusaders,who

    hadbeguntheirhdeephatredforthe

    haedansaloveforthechristianpeople

    oftheeasteroneireandarnia,suffered

    apleteetodespisethe

    greeksofbyzantiuandfrequentlybetrayed

    theeniansandallthe

    otherlevantineraces,andtheybegantoappreciatethevir

    tuesoftheireneesobegenerousandfair

    oppos.

    ofurse,itosaythisopenly.butwhen

    thecrusaderretued

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