Capture and destruction of all the Christian cities along the coast of Syria, [iii. 89].
Indifference of the Western world to the melancholy fate of the Christian inhabitants, [iii. 90].
—— Attempted Crusades against the Turks, a.d. 1291-1396.—Pope Nicholas IV. directs his attention to the preaching of another crusade, [iii. 93].
The hopes of the West revived by the successes of the Tartars against the Mussulmans, [iii. 94] et seq.
Proclaimed by Clement V. at the council of Vienna, [iii. 97].
Philip, king of France, Edward III. of England, and other illustrious personages, prepare for a formidable crusade, which is checked by the death of Pope John XXI., [iii. 107], [iii. 108].
Persecutions of the Christians of the East in consequence of these attempts, [iii. 109].
Benedict XI. endeavours to stir up a crusade, [iii. 110], [iii. 111].
Assembly of sovereigns and nobles at Avignon, [iii. 113], [iii. 114].
They capture and burn Alexandria, [iii. 116].