The holy city delivered up to Saladin, after being eighty years in possession of the Christians, [ i. 429].
William, archbishop of Tyre, incites the courts of France and England to renew the holy war, [ i. 436] et seq.
Richard I. of England, Philip of France, Frederick Barbarossa, and other illustrious potentates and knights, engage in the holy war, [ i. 441] et seq.
The victorious career and death of Barbarossa, [ i. 448], [ i. 449].
The Crusaders invade Ptolemaïs under Guy de Lusignan, and are opposed by Saladin in numerous conflicts, [ i. 454] et seq.
Arrival of Richard I. of England, Philip of France, and other illustrious personages, [ i. 476].
Discord in the camp, and quarrels between the two potentates, [ i. 476], [ i. 477].
Anecdotes of heroic bravery before the walls of Ptolemaïs, [ i. 478-480].
Ptolemaïs taken by the Christians, and numbers slain, [ i. 481].