History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)

CHAPTER I--THE CRUSADERS IN EGYPT

_The Ideal of the Crusader: Saladin’s Campaign: Richard I. in Palestine: Siege of Damietta: St. Louis in Egypt: The Mamluks: Beybars’ Policy._

The traditional history of the Christian Church has generally maintained that the Crusades were due solely to religious influence and sprang from ideal and moral motives: those hundreds of thousands of ...