Proctor's History of the Crusades: Comprising the Rise, Progress and Results of the Various Extraordinary European Expeditions for the Recovery of the Holy Land from the Saracens and Turks. With 150 Illustrations.

480 pp. Includes over 150 engraved illustrations. Dark blue cloth, black titles and decorations, decorated endpapers. Includes: The First Crusade: Causes of the Crusades; Preaching of the First Crusade; Peter the Hermit--The Crusade Undertaken by the People; The Crusade Undertaken by Kings and Nobles; The First Crusaders at Constantinople; The Siege of Nice; Defeat of the Turks--Seizure of Edessa; Siege and Capture of Antioch by the Crusaders; Defence of Antioch by the Crusaders; Siege and Capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders; The Second Crusade: State of the Latin Kingdom; Origin of the Orders of Religious Chivalry; Fall of Edessa--Preaching of the Second Crusade; Louis VII and Conrad III in Palestine; The Third Crusade: The Rise of Saladin; Battle of Tiberias, and Fall of Jerusalem; The Germans Undertake the Crusade; Richard Coeur de Lion in Palestine; The Fourth Crusade: The French, Germans, and Italians Unite in the Crusade; Affairs of the Eastern Empire; Expedition Against Constantinople; Second Siege of Constantinople; The Last Four Crusades: History of the Latin Empire of the East; The Fifth Crusade; The Sixth Crusade; The Seventh Crusade; The Eighth Crusade; Consequences of the Crusades.