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<DIV><B>Two famous, firsthand accounts of the holy war in the Middle Ages</B><BR><BR> Originally composed in Old French, the two chronicles brought together here offer some of the most vivid and reliable accounts of the Crusades from a Western perspective. Villehardouin's <I>Conquest of Constantinople</I>, distinguished by its simplicity and lucidity, recounts the controversial Fourth Crusade, which descended into an all-out attack on the E astern Christians of Byzantium. In <I>Life of Saint Louis</I>, Joinville draws on his close attachment to King Louis IX of France to recall his campaigning in the Holy Land. Together these narratives comprise a fascinating window on events that, for all their remoteness, offer startling similarities to our own age.<BR><BR></DIV>
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