Balkan

“Now there are islands close by which you can see from here, and these are inhabited, and produce corn, and food, and other things. Let us take port there, and gather the corn and...

Arrival At St. Stephen – Deliberation as to Plan of AttackAll started from the port of Abydos together. Then might you have seen the Straits of St. George (as it were) in flower with...

And a sergeant let himself down from his ship into the boat, and said to those in the ship, “I cry quits to you for any goods of mine that may remain in the...

And when those of the other part saw this, they were filled with very great compassion; and they wept very bitterly at seeing their lords, and their kinsmen, and their friends, thus lying at...

How the Chiefs of the Crusaders Held Back those who Wanted to Abandon the HostThe host sojourned thus for three weeks in that island, which was very rich and plenteous. And while they sojoumed,...

Departure of the Crusaders for Corfu – Arrival of the Young Alexius – Capture of DurasSo much time had passed that it was now Lent, and the host prepared their fleet to sail at...

Now be it known to you, lords, that if God had not loved the host, it could never have held together, seeing how many people wished evil to it!The Crusaders Obtain the Pope’s Absolution...

Of those who Separated Themselves from the Host to go to Syria, and of the Fleet of The Count of FlandersThus did the host sojourn at Zara all that winter (1202-1203) in the face...

And the other party replied: “Fair lords, in Syria you will be able to do nothing; and that you may right well perceive by considering how those have fared who abandoned us, and sailed...

“`Lords,’ says the king, ‘ I will send you the brother of my wife; and I commit him into the hands of God-may He keep him from death! – and into your hands. And...