Balkan

Very great was the discomfort of the pilgrims, and of all who were about to go on God’s service, at the death of Count Thibaut of Champagne; and they held a parliament, at the...

His sickness waxed and grew worse, so that at the last he made his will and testament, and divided the money which he would have taken with him on pilgrimage among his followers and...

When the treaties were duly indited and sealed, they were brought to the Doge in the grand palace, where had been assembled the great and the little council. And when the Doge delivered the...

Conclusion of the Treaty, and return of the EnvoysWhen mass had been said, the Doge desired the envoys to humbly ask the people to assent to the proposed covenant. The envoys came into the...

“We will build transports* to carry four thousand five hundred horses, and nine thousand squires, and ships for four thousand five hundred knights, and twenty thousand sergeants of foot. And we will agree also...

So the Doge replied: ” Signors, I have seen your letters; well do we know that of men uncrowned your lords are the greatest, and they advise us to put faith in what you...

Directly afterwards took the cross Geoffry of Perche, Stephen his brother, Rotrou of Montfort, Ives of La Jaille, Aimery of Villeroi, Geoffry of Beaumont, and many others whose names I do not know.The Crusaders...

In the land of Count Thibaut of Champagne took the cross Garnier, Bishop of Troyes, Count Walter of Brienne, Geoffry of Joinville*, who was seneschal of the land, Robert his brother, Walter of Vignory,...

Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of ConstantinopleThe first Preaching of the CrusadeBe it known to you that eleven hundred and ninety-seven years after the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus...

In many aspects Bulgaria is a miraculous country. It hides many known and unknown wonders. It`s not only an unusual place but a source of energy as well. It is a place that lets...