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The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville Ethel Wedgwood The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville Table of Contents The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville......................................................................................................................1 Ethel Wedgwood............................................................................................................................................1 PREFACE.....................................................................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................4 PART 2. SAYINGS AND CUSTOMS OF THE KING............................................................................................5 PART II. IN FRANCE AND EGYPT.......................................................................................................................9 CHAPTER I OF THE KING'S BIRTH AND CORONATION, AND HOW THE COUNT OF BRITTANY AND THE BARONS OF FRANCE REBELLED AGAINST HIM.......................................9 CHAPTER II. HOW THE BARONS OF FRANCE RAVAGED THE LANDS OF THE COUNT OF CHAMPAGNE, AND HOW THE KING MADE PEACE EPISODE OF COUNT HENRY THE GENEROUS...............................................................................................................................................11 CHAPTER III. OF THE: FEAST THAT THE KING HELD AT SAUMUR; AND HOW THE KING OF ENGLAND AND THE.........................................................................................................................12 CHAPTER IV. HOW THE KING TOOK THE CROSS THE EPISODE OF THE CLERK AND THE THREE ROBBERS JOINVILLE PREPARES TO GO ON CRUSADE...................................................14 .CHAPTER V. HOW THEY SAILED TO CYPRUS; OF THE MESSAGE FROM THE KING OF THE TARTARS; HOW THE SULTAN OF IIOMS POISONED THE SULTAN OF EGYPT................17 CHAPTER VI. TELLS HOW THEY CAME TO EGYPT, OF THE LANDING, AND OF THE FIGHT ON THE BEACH; AND HOW THE TURKS ABANDONED DAMIETTA..............................19 CHAPTER VII. "TELLS HOW DAMIETTA WAS OCCUPIED."...........................................................23 CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE KING SET OUT TO MARCH ON GRAND CAIRO, AND CAMPED BETWEEN TWO OUTLETS OF THE NILE OF THE RIVER NILE AND ITS SOURCE....................25 CHAPTER IX. HOW THE CHRISTIANS TRIED TO BUILD A CAUSEWAY OVER THE STREAM OF RAXI THE ADVENTURE OF THE TORTOISE−TOWERS...........................................26 CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE OF MANSOORA.......................................................................................29 CHAPTER XI. DISCOURSES OF THE BEDOUINS................................................................................36 CHAPTER XII. THE SARACENS ATTACK THE CAMP THE PRIEST'S FEAT OF ARMS THE FIGHTING AT THE BARRIERS..............................................................................................................37 CHAPTER XIII. DIGRESSION ON THE SULTAN'S BODYGUARD THE PESTILENCE IN THE CAMP THE KING RE−CROSSES THE RIVER, AND TREATS WITH THE SARACENS THE EPISODE OF THE SIX IMPIOUS............................................................................................................40 CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE KING AND ALL HIS MEN FELL INTO THE HANDS OF THESARACENSS THE MASSACRE OF THE SICK, AND THE CAPTURE OF THE FUGITIVES IN THE BOATS....................................................................................................................43 CHAPTER XV. HOW THE SULTAN WAS MURDERED THE CHRISTIANS SUFFER MANY ALARMS AT THE HANDS OF THE SARACENS; BUT IN THE END THE TREATY IS SIGNED......................................................................................................................................................48 CHAPTER XVI. DAMIETTA IS SURRENDERED TO THE TURKS, AND AFTER MANY PERILS THE CHRISTIANS ARE SET FREE SOME OF THE RICH MEN SAIL FOR HOME HOW THE FIRST HALF OF THE RANSOM IS PAID, AND JOINVILLE ROBS THE TEMPLARS' BANK BY FORCE OF ARMS............................................................................................52 CHAPTER XVII. ANECDOTES OF THE RETREAT "CHATILLON, CHEVALIERS!" DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF SOISSONS A RENEGADE HOW THE QUEEN FARED IN DAMIETTA THE VOYAGE TO ACRE................................................................................................55 PART III. IN SYRIA...............................................................................................................................................57 CHAPTER I. HOW THE ICING WAS RECEIVED AT ACRE AN OBLIGING VALET OF THE MONEY THAT JOINVILLE DEPOSITED WITH THE TEMPLARS HE LIES AT DEATH'S DOOR THE GAMBLING AND EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE KING'S BROTHERS............................57 i The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville Table of Contents The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville CHAPTER II. THE KING TAKES COUNSEL, WHETHER TO RETURN TO FRANCE, OR TO STAY IN THE HOLY LAND....................................................................................................................59 CHAPTER III. THE KING'S BROTHERS RETURN TO FRANCE THE KING RETAINS JOINVILLE MESSENGERS FROM THE EMPEROR FREDERICK ANECDOTES......................61 CHAPTER IV. HOW THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN SENT AN INSOLENT MESSAGETO THE KING OF THE VISIT THAT BROTHER IVES PAID HIM THE KING NEGOTIATES WITH THE SULTAN OF DAMASCUS AND THE EMIRS OF EGYPT HOW THE LADY OF SAJETTA BURIED THE BONES OF COUNT WALTER OF BRIENNE THE KING FORTIFIES CESAREA...................................................................................................................63 CHAPTER V. A DIGRESSION, TELLING THE STORY OF COUNT WALTER OF BRIENNE.........65 CHAPTER VI. THE ACCOUNT WHICH THE MESSENGERS GAVE OF THE TARTAR PEOPLE......................................................................................................................................................67 CHAPTER VII. ANECDOTES OF THE CAMP AT CESAREA..............................................................70 CHAPTER VIII. THE KING GOES TO JAFFA THE PRINCE OF ANTIOCH VISITSTHE CAMP THE SULTAN OF DAMASCUS AND SARACENS OF EGYPT LEAGUE TOGETHER AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS SKIRMISHES AND OTHER ANECDOTES.....................................73 CHAPTER IX. THE TURKS OF DAMASCUS THREATEN JAFFA AND ACRE, AND SLAUGHTER TWO OR THREE THOUSAND CHRISTIANS AT SIDON AND DESTROY THE TOWN ANECDOTE OF RICHARD COEUR DE LION ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY THE EXPENSE OF FORTIFYING JAFFA....................................................................74 CHAPTER X. THE KING LEAVES JAFFA, AND GOES TO REBUILD SIDON THE BATTLE OF CESAREA PHILIPPI; BURIAL OF THE DEAD AT SIDON THE HUMOURS OF THE COUNT OF EU..........................................................................................................................................77 CHAPTER XI. THE TARTARS TAKE BAGDAD CRUEL REVENGE OF THE TARTAR KING ANECDOTES OF THE CAMP AT SIDON JOINVILLE MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO TORTOSA..................................................................................................................................................79 CHAPTER XII. THE DEATH OF QUEEN BLANCHE STORIES OF THE QUEEN AND THE QUEEN MOTHER THE KING PREPARES TO RETURN HOME.....................................................82 CHAPTER XIII. HOW THE ARMY SAILED FOR FRANCE; AND OF THE ADVENTURES THAT BEFELL THEM ON THEIR VOYAGE HOME............................................................................84 CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE KING CAME ASHORE FRIAR HUGH JOINVILLE ACCOMPANIES THE KING INTO HIS OWN TERRITORY, AND THEN RETURNS HOME, VISITING HIS KINSFOLK ON THE WAY HOW TIBALD OF NAVARRE AND CHAMPAGNE MARRIED THE KING'S DAUGHTER..........................................................................88 PART IV. FROM THE KING'S RETURN TO FRANCE TO HIS DEATH AND CANONIZATION.................90 CHAPTER I. HOW THE KING SETTLED DISPUTES AND MADE PEACE THROUGHOUT FRANCE; AND HOW HE DEALT WITH THE KING OF ENGLAND.................................................90 CHAPTER II. HOW THE KING BEHAVED HIMSELF TOWARDS THE POOR AND TOWARDS MEN OF RELIGION..................................................................................................................................92 CHAPTER III. "HOW THE KING ADMONISHED HIS BAILIFFS, HIS PROVOSTS, AND HIS MAYORS; AND HOW HE MADE NEW ORDINANCES, AND HOW STEPHEN BOILEAU BECAME HIS PROVOST OF PARIS."....................................................................................................95 CHAPTER IV. HOW THE KING TOOK THE CROSS FOR HIS LAST PILGRIMAGE HIS DEATH, BURIAL, AND CANONIZATION; AND OF THE VISION THAT APPEARED TO THE LORD OF JOINVILLE..............................................................................................................................98 ii The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville Ethel Wedgwood This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • PREFACE • INTRODUCTION • PART I. SAYINGS AND CUSTOMS OF THE KING • PART II. IN FRANCE AND EGYPT • CHAPTER I OF THE KING'S BIRTH AND CORONATION, AND HOW THE COUNT OF BRITTANY AND THE BARONS OF FRANCE REBELLED AGAINST HIM. • CHAPTER II. HOW THE BARONS OF FRANCE RAVAGED THE LANDS OF THE COUNT OF CHAMPAGNE, AND HOW THE KING MADE PEACE EPISODE OF COUNT HENRY THE GENEROUS. • CHAPTER III. OF THE: FEAST THAT THE KING HELD AT SAUMUR; AND HOW THE KING OF ENGLAND AND THE • CHAPTER IV. HOW THE KING TOOK THE CROSS THE EPISODE