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1101-1154. Reign and ambition of Roger, great count of Sicily
1127. Duke of Apulia
1130-1139. First king of Sicily
1122-1152. His conquests in Africa
1146. His invasion of Greece
1155-1174. His design of acquiring Italy and the western empire
Failure of his designs
1156. Peace with the Normans
1185. Last war of the Greeks and Normans
1154-1166. William I. the Bad, king of Sicily
1166-1189. William II. the Good
Lamentation of the historian Falcandus
1194. Conquest of the kingdom of Sicily by the emperor Henry VI. 264, 265
1204. Final extinction of the Normans
CHAPTER LVII.
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The Turks of the house of Seljuk.-Their revolt against Mahmud conqueror of
Hindostan. Togrul subdues Persia, and protects the caliphs.-Defeat and
captivity of the emperor Romanus Diogenes by Alp Arslan.-Power and
magnificence of Malek Shah.-Conquest of Asia Minor and Syria.-State
and oppression of Jerusalem.-Pilgrimages to the holy sepulchre.
A.D.
THE TURKS
997-1028. Mahmud, the Gaznevide
His twelve expeditions into Hindostan
His character
980-1028. Manners and emigrations of the Turks, or Turkmans
1038. They defeat the Gaznevides, and subdue Persia
1038-1152. Dynasty of the Seljukians
Origin and numbers of the first crusade.-Characters of the Latin princes.—
Their march to Constantinople.-Policy of the Greek emperor Alexius.—
Conquest of Nice, Antioch, and Jerusalem, by the Franks.-Deliverance of
the holy sepulchre.-Godfrey of Bouillon, first king of Jerusalem.-Insti-
tutions of the French or Latin kingdom.
II. Hugh of Vermandois, Robert of Normandy, Robert of Flan-
ders, Stephen of Chartres, &c.
III. Raymond of Thoulouse
IV. Bohemond and Tancred
Chivalry
1096, 1097. March of the princes to Constantinople
Policy of the emperor Alexius Comnenus
He obtains the homage of the crusaders
Insolence of the Franks
1097. Their review and numbers
Siege of Nice
Battle of Dorylæum
March through the Lesser Asia
1097-1151. Baldwin founds the principality of Edessa
1097, 1098. Siege of Antioch
1098. Victory of the crusaders
Preservation of the Greek empire.-Numbers, passage, and event, of the second
and third crusades.-St. Bernard.-Reign of Saladin in Egypt and Syria.-
His conquest of Jerusalem.-Naval crusades. - Richard the first of Eng-
land.-Pope Innocent the Third; and the fourth and fifth crusades.-The
emperor Frederic the Second.-Louis the Ninth of France; and the two last
crusades.-Expulsion of the Latins or Franks by the Mamalukes.
CHAPTER LX.
Schism of the Greeks and Latins.—State of Constantinople.-Revolt of the Bul-
garians.-Isaac Angelus dethroned by his brother Alexius.-Origin of the
fourth crusade.-Alliance of the French and Venetians with the son of Isaac.
-Their naval expedition to Constantinople.—The two sieges and final conquest
of the city by the Latins.
Variety of ecclesiastical discipline
447
857-886. Ambitious quarrels of Photius, patriarch of Constantinople,
with the popes
448
1054. The popes excommunicate the patriarch of Constantinople and the
Greeks
450
Alliance of the crusaders with the Greek prince, the young Alexius 471
Restoration of the emperor Isaac Angelus, and his son Alexius
Partition of the empire by the French and Venetians.-Five Latin emperors
of the houses of Flanders and Courtenay. Their wars against the Bul-
garians and Greeks.-Weakness and poverty of the Latin empire.-Recovery
of Constantinople by the Greeks.-General consequences of the crusades.
1221-1228. Robert, emperor of Constantinople
1228 1237. Baldwin II. and John of Brienne, emperors of Constan-
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530
532
535
536
537
540
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