Michaud (Mee' Shoh) had produced a most wonderful work from the chronicles of the Crusades. Complimentarily, Dore's representations held so true to every instance. . . When you immerse yourself into this work as presented by Joseph-Francois Michaud you eagerly turn an old page and an image speaks out to you that so elequently captured the wrought emotion of the passage, presenting it so vividedly as if the souls of so many hundreds of years past gaze out at you, to tell their story then, now opened before your eyes. . . Through these pages I hope others learn of and see the past of so many of our forefathers as they were so many years past. . . and pass on and re-tell their story as it was. . .

 

 

. . . It had been supposed as if all the nations threw away their rivalries to unite as one for their Cross. Had that been true the West's Pilgrims may have succeeded. As history was recorded by the Chroniclers such was never the case. The blood feuds, self serving alliances, bitter nation rivalries and corrupt Sees, all contributed to the many defeats and horrendous treatment of the peoples and individuals in their paths. Regardless of the ultimate outcome or perhaps in spite of it, there were many an epic battle, cunning individuals, men of the highest bravery and dignity faced death and worst as seen in the times long past. Vallant brave Heros were born and most of them died there. Asia's Saladain, The Christian Mogols, the West's Kings and their most noble Knights are indeed what legends are made of. . . .

 


Joseph-Francois Michaud .. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

History of the Crusades
History of the Crusades

by Michaud, Illustrated with one Hundred Grand compositions by Gustave Dore

Engraved by Bellenger, Doms, Gusman, Jonnard, Pannemaker, Pisan, Quesnel

Brief Introduction and excerpts The history of the middle ages presents no spectacle more imposing than the Crusades. The nations of then considered Asia and of Europe armed against each other, two religions contending for superiority, and disputing the empire of the World. After having been several times threatened by the Mussulmans, and long exposed to their invasions, all at once the West arouse to commit themselves to the "Holy Cause."

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