Chapter IX: Book VIII: A.d. 1188-1192

The conquests of Saladin—Conrad of Montferrat—Siege of
Tyre—Marquis of Montferrat—The “Green Knight”—Siege of
Tripoli—William, king of Sicily, engages in the holy war—
Admiral Margaritt defends Tripoli—Capture of Tortosa—
Heroic defence of Carac—Release of Guy de Lusignan—His
siege of Ptolemaïs, and his numerous conflicts with
Saladin—Description of Ptolemaïs—Karacoush, minister of
Saladin—Conrad, marquis of Tyre, fits out a fleet for the
Holy Land—Bravery of the Mamelukes—Death of André de
Brienne—Defeat of the Crusaders at Ptolemaïs by Saladin—
Death of Frederick, duke of Swabia, and of Sybilla, wife
of Guy de Lusignan—Disputes about the succession to the
kingdom of Jerusalem—Humphrey de Thorone—Conrad—Eleanor of
Guienne—Philip of France arrives at Palestine—Cyprus
captured by Richard I.—His marriage to Berengaria of
Navarre—Jane, queen of Sicily—Isaac Comnenus—Disputes
respecting the sovereignty of Jerusalem—Arrival of Richard
I. before the walls of Ptolemaïs—His quarrels with Philip
of France—Conflicts with Saladin—Ptolemaïs taken by the
Christians—Guy de Chatillon, Josselin de Montmorency, and
some of the bravest nobility of Europe, slain—The
Mohammedans—Leopold, duke of Austria—Philip of France
quits Palestine, and returns to France—Battle of Arsur—
Ascalon destroyed by Saladin, and rebuilt by Richard I.—
Richard marches on Jerusalem—Conrad assassinated—Treaty of
peace between Richard and Saladin—Guy de Lusignan obtains
the sovereignty of Cyprus—Palestine ceded to Henry, count
of Champagne—Characters of Richard I. and of Saladin—
Leopold of Austria detains Richard as a prisoner—Death of
Saladin—Malek-Adel takes possession of Egypt pp. 451-509.

HISTORY

OF

THE CRUSADES.