The Ancestry and Early Life of Godfrey of Bouillon

Voorkant
University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1923 - 294 pagina's
 

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Pagina vi - Description des tombeaux de Godefroid de Bouillon et des rois latins de Jérusalem, jadis existants dans l'église du Saint-Sépulcre ou de la Résurrection, par le baron de Hody.
Pagina 9 - ... is not conspicuous above the other princes; and as it proceeds, his name is frequently omitted altogether in the account of the most important actions and discussions. Particular passages strike us in the course of the narrative from the sharp and insulated manner in which they stand out. Godfrey, who, even according to Albert's representation, contributed little to the success of the undertaking, is all at once represented in strong terms as the head of the army, the most noble of the princes,...
Pagina 32 - But at length, by a preconcerted scheme, the duke feigned a retreat with his army, and Eustace, the valiant count of Boulogne, nimbly following the rear of the English, who were scattered in the pursuit, rushed upon them with his powerful troops; meanwhile the duke returned upon them, and they, being thus hemmed in on both sides, numbers were stricken down.
Pagina 86 - Cum enim quadam nocte, quiescentibus omnibus, ad necessitatem naturae secessisset, appositus extra domum spiculator confodit eum per secreta natural, relictoque in vulnere ferro, concitus aufugit.
Pagina 139 - ... but, as the Romans were conducting themselves valiantly, the Latins turned their backs. And thus, at length, Godfrey after a short time obeyed the Emperor. He came to him and in solemn manner took the oath which was demanded of him: that whatever cities, lands, or fortresses he should thenceforth capture from the barbarians (which cities, lands, or fortresses had formerly belonged to the Emperor) he would in good faith hand over to the military leaders or prefects who should be sent by the Emperor...
Pagina 9 - From an apparent equality with, or even inferiority to, other princes, the Duke suddenly emerges, for no reason whatever, to this dazzling eminence.
Pagina 30 - ... told Earl Godwin and his sons, that the king and the men who were with him would take counsel against them; but they prepared themselves firmly to resist, though they were loth to proceed against their natural lord. Then advised the peers on either side, that they should abstain from all hostility: and the king gave God's peace and his full friendship to each party. Then advised the king and his council, that there should be a second time a general assembly of all the nobles in London, at the...
Pagina 39 - ... the motives which were involved in this quarrel, I could convincingly show that he well merited to lose the grace of the king and the fiefs which the king had already given him. Nor did the sentence imposed by the consent of the English and the French wrong him in convicting him of his grave offence. But we feel we must spare this in so many ways illustrious count, who now is reconciled with the king and is honored by being in his immediate circle.™ Eustace thus again entered into amicable...
Pagina 38 - ... gates, and falling on the rear-guard with spirit, but in good order, killed a great many of them. The fugitives, panic-struck by a report that the bishop of Bayeux had unexpectedly arrived with a strong force, threw themselves in their alarm among the crevices of the perpendicular cliffs, and so perished with more disgrace than if they had fallen by the sword. Many •were the forms of death to which their defeat exposed them, many, throwing away their arms, were killed by falling on the sharp...
Pagina 43 - confirms a grant to St. Peter .... which Geoffrey, a son of Count Eustace, gave on behalf of his wife Beatrice with the consent of Geoffrey of Mandeville." His father-in-law served as a witness (see above document in Davis). Domesday states that in Surrey a certain Wesman held six hides of Geoffrey, son of Count Eustace, which had been given him by Geoffrey of Maììdeville with the latter'

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