Crusader: By Horse to Jerusalem - Tim Severin Reviews
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... later elevated to become the first Christian King of Jerusalem, making him stand out amongst the thousands who travelled as an exceptional individual. But it was not just knights and soldiers who followed Godfrey, but a straggling train of civilians all making their own pilgrimage (which became known as the "peasants' crusade"). Untold numbers died along the three year journey it took them to reach Jerusalem from Northern Europe, and so gruelling and painful was the experience, that although many other crus...more
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Crusader: By Horse to Jerusalem - Tim Severin: Holy Horses (1522 words)by - written on 03/02/11 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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In 1095, Byzantium was an empire under threat. From his seat in Constantinople, Emperor Alexius saw his territories across the Bosphorus in Anatolia coming under intense pressure from the Seljuk Turks, a Muslim people originating in central Asia who were steadily overrunning provinces that has been in the empire since Roman times. The Seljuks were not intruders to be taken lightly, and had succeeded not just in taking control of many Byzantine towns, but had also met the cream of the imperial army in combat and cut it to shreds. Faced with potentially catastrophic losses of land and power, he issued a plea for help to the Christians of the West to supply soldiers to come Read the complete review
