The Dream and the Tomb A History of the

This is a comprehensive account of the eight religious wars between the Christian West and the Muslim East that dominated the Middle Ages.

Robert Payne's highly praised histories and biographies include The Rise and Fall of Stalin, the Life and Death of Lenin and Ivan the Terrible.

I THE VOICE FROM THE TOMB

The Dream and the Tomb

17

(4)

Thunder out of Arabia

21

(10)

In the Fields of Clermont

31

(7)

The Crusade of the Poor

38

(9)

A Pride of Princes

47

(10)

Under the Walls of Constantinople

57

(10)

THE DARK ROADS TO THE HOLY LAND

Journey Through the Wilderness

67

(10)

The Siege of Antioch

77

(6)

The King of the Tafurs

83

(4)

The Finding of the Holy Lance

87

(8)

The Triumph

95

(12)

III THE KINGS WHO CAME FROM ABROAD

The Quarrels of the Princes

107

(9)

King Baldwin I

116

(8)

The Armed Might of the Crusaders

124

(4)

King Baldwin II

128

(9)

King Fulk of Anjou

137

(12)

IV THE KINGS BORN IN THE HOLY LAND

The Young King Baldwin III

149

(6)

The Second Crusade

155

(6)

King Baldwin III and the Heroic Age

161

(8)

King Amaury I

169

(12)

V THE YOUNG KING'S VALOR AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM

Baldwin IV: The Leper King

181

(10)

King Baldwin IV Against Saladin

191

(6)

The Horns of Hattin

197

(9)

Islam Takes Jerusalem

206

(7)

Three Letters

213

(6)

VI THE RAGES OF KING RICHARD

A Journey to Joachim

219

(8)

Slow Boat to Acre

227

(5)

Richard and Saladin

232

(8)

A Famous Victory

240

(5)

Marches and Countermarches

245

(7)

The Old Man of the Mountain

252

(9)

VII THE DOGE IN HIS SPLENDOR

The Vremilion Galley

261

(9)

The Burning City

270

(7)

The Devastation of Constantinople

277

(10)

VIII THE WASTING OF THE TREASURE

The Children's Crusades

287

(3)

The Plagues of Egypt

290

(15)

IX FREDERICK, EMPEROR OF THE ROMANS, EVER GLORIOUS

The Stupor of the World

305

(9)

Brief Victory

314

(7)

The Disaster at La Forbie

321

(14)

X THE SAINTS IN HIS TOILS

The Pilgrimages of St. Louis

335

(9)

Victory and Defeat at Damietta

344

(8)

St. Louis n Acre

352

(8)

The Death of St.Louis

360

(7)

XI THE AX FALLS

Baibars

367

(10)

The End of the Kingdom

377

(10)

The Last Throw of the Dice

387

(8)

Notes

395

(4)

Select Bibliography

399

(8)

Index

407

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