Travel

Departure of the Crusaders for Corfu – Arrival of the Young Alexius – Capture of DurasSo much time had passed that it was now Lent, and the host prepared their fleet to sail at...

Now be it known to you, lords, that if God had not loved the host, it could never have held together, seeing how many people wished evil to it!The Crusaders Obtain the Pope’s Absolution...

Of those who Separated Themselves from the Host to go to Syria, and of the Fleet of The Count of FlandersThus did the host sojourn at Zara all that winter (1202-1203) in the face...

And the other party replied: “Fair lords, in Syria you will be able to do nothing; and that you may right well perceive by considering how those have fared who abandoned us, and sailed...

“`Lords,’ says the king, ‘ I will send you the brother of my wife; and I commit him into the hands of God-may He keep him from death! – and into your hands. And...

As he had spoken, so was it done. The Venetians took the part of the city towards the port, where were the ships, and the Franks took the other part. There were quarters assigned...

Then rose the abbot of Vaux, of the order of the Cistercians, and said to them: ” Lords, I forbid you, on the part of the Pope of Rome, to attack this city; for...

At this time all the barons had not yet arrived. Thus the Marquis of Montferrat had remained behind for some business that detained him. And Stephen of Perche had remained at Venice sick, and...

Before this happened, of which I have just told you, there came news to the host which greatly saddened the barons and the other folk, viz., that Fulk, the good man, the holy man,...

Thus did the Doge take the cross, as you have heard. Then the Venetians began to deliver the ships, the galleys, and the transports to the barons, for departure; but so much time had...