Hostilities carried on against the infidels of Palestine and Egypt, with alternate success and defeat, [ i. 277] et seq.
Their conquests and high state of prosperity under Baldwin du Bourg, [ i. 306].
Their military orders of knighthood, [ i. 307-309].
Their calamitous defeat at Edessa by the armies of Zengui and Noureddin, [ i. 321-327].
Their consternation and despair, [ i. 328].
—— The Second Crusade, a.d. 1142-1148.—The Christian colonies of the East being threatened by the Mussulmans, call upon the princes of Europe to assist them, [ i. 329].
All Christendom aroused by St. Bernard to the impending dangers of the Holy Land, [ i. 139] et seq.
Louis VII., king of France, and Pope Eugenius III., determine on a second crusade, [ i. 331].
The multitudes assembled for the occasion, [ i. 342], [ i. 343].
The cities of Metz and Ratisbon the general rendezvous, [ i. 344].