STORIES FROM HISTORY SERIES
Edited by John Lang
STORIES FROM
THE CRUSADES
Wherever the battle was hottest, Richard seemed to spring
from the ground
See page 75
STORIES FROM
THE CRUSADES
BY
JANET HARVEY KELMAN
WITH PICTURES BY
L. D. LUARD
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
TO
KATHARINE AND BARBARA
THE HEROES OF THE CRUSADES
The stories in this book are of heroes wholived hundreds of years ago. They caughtsight of a beautiful dream and lived and diedto make it come true.
Their eagerness swept along with them notonly men who had never dreamed the dreamand who did not know for what end theyfought, but bad men also who only wished toget what they could for themselves.
The Crusades are long past, yet to-daythere are men who see visions of good andwho wish to bring them down to earth. Withthem are others who fight selfishly as didBohemond and Baldwin long ago. Butthere are still men like Francis, who carrygoodwill with them, and great knights likeTancred and like Louis, who live to fightfor the poor and the weak.
LIST OF STORIES
| Chap. | Page | |
| I. | How Peter preached of Jerusalem | 1 |
| II. | How Tancred fought under the Banner of the Cross | 17 |
| III. | How the Kings fought for Glory and not for Christ | 51 |
| IV. | How Frederick came to his Kingdom | 82 |
| V. | How Louis thought Death a little Thing | 92 |
LIST OF PICTURES