The Road to Antioch and Jerusalem: The Crusader Pilgrimage of the Monte Cassino Chronicle

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Road to Antioch and Jerusalem
	1. Peter’s vision calls to the journey, and the expedition’s leaders are described
	2. Invocations to God and praise for the pilgrims
	3. Miracles and wonders as the pilgrims’ journey begins
	4. The German contingent
	5. The Provençals in Sclavonia; Godfrey in Constantinople; Bohemond and Tancred on the road. Oaths are sworn to the emperor
	6. The siege of Nicaea
	7. The battle on the road. Apparition of the warrior saints
	8. Tarsus surrenders to Tancred, but Baldwin claims it. The expedition reaches Antioch
	9. The siege of Antioch
	10. Kerbogha and his mother
	11. Stephen and Peter Bartholomew’s visions; the leaders take an oath
	12. The citadel holds out. Despair of the pilgrims and defection of Stephen of Blois
	13. The Holy Lance is found. Embassies are sent to the Turks. After another battle, the citadel surrenders. It is decided to wait until November to go to Jerusalem
	14. The pilgrims sack many cities and slaughter their inhabitants. The bishop of Le Puy dies of illness
	15. The army progresses across Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine pillaging cities, massacring their inhabitants, and inspiring terror. Raymond of St Gilles and Bohemond definitively fall out, and Bohemond returns to Antioch
	16. The envoys are allowed to return with gifts for the pilgrims’ leaders. Miracles of the hermit William in Egypt and Jerusalem. Ansellus’ vision and death, and the miracle of Bohemond’s candle
	17. The siege and capture of Jerusalem, and the massacre of its inhabitants
	18. Arnulf’s dispute with Tancred; Godfrey is chosen to rule
	19. Count Raymond takes Ascalon, then gives it back. He then takes Tripoli
	20. Tancred preys on the merchants. Bohemond is taken prisoner. Godfrey dies after naming his brother Baldwin as heir
	21. Tancred and Baldwin are separated by enmity. Tancred holds Antioch. Bohemond raises an anti-Byzantine expedition, and dies after reaching an agreement with Alexios. Tancred dies. Reigns of Roger of Salerno and Bohemond II
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