THE

HISTORY

OF

THE DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE.

BY

EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ.

With Notes,

BY THE REV. H. H. MILMAN,

PREBENDARY OF ST. PETER'S, AND RECTOR OF ST. MARGARET'S, WESTMINSTER.

A New Edition,

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A COMPLETE INDEX OF THE WHOLE WORK.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. VI.

PHILADELPHIA:

CLAXTON, REMSEN, & HAFFELFINGER,

819 & 821 MARKET STREET.

1872.

CONTENTS

(HI)

GIBH

1872

OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.

CHAPTER LIX.

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PRESERVATION OF THE GREEK EMPIRE. NUMBERS, PASSAGE, AND.

EVENT, OF THE SECOND AND THIRD CRUSADES.-ST. BERNAHD.

REIGN OF SALADIN IN EGYPT AND SYRIA. - HIS CONQUESTS OF

JERUSALEM. NAVAL CRUSADES. RICHARD THE FIRST OF ENG-

LAND.—POPE INNOCENT THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH AND FIFTH

CRUSADES. -THE EMPEROR FREDERIC THE SECOND.— LOUIS THE

NINTH OF FRANCE; AND THE TWO LAST CRUSADES. -EXPULSION

OF THE LATINS OR FRANKS BY THE MAMALUKES.

1147. The second, of Conrad III. and Louis VII.,

1189. The third, of Frederic I.,

Their Numbers,...

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Obstinacy of the Enthusiasm of the Crusades,

1091-1153. Character and Mission of St. Bernard,

Progress of the Mahometans,.

The Attabeks of Syria,..

1127-1145. Zenghi,

1:45-1174. Noureddin,

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1.63-1169. Conquest of Egypt by the Turks,

1171. End of the Fatimite Caliphs,

1171-1193. Reign and Character of Saladin,

1187. His Conquest of the Kingdom,

And City of Jerusalem,

1188. The third Crusade, by Sea,.

1189-1191. Siege of Acre,

1191, 1192. Richard of England in Falestine,

1192. His Treaty and Departure,

1228 The Emperor Frederic II. in Palestine,.

1243. Invasion of the Carizmians,.....

1248-1254. St. Louis and the sixth Crusade,

1249. He takes Damietta,....

1250. His Captivity in Egypt,

1270. His Death before Tunis, in the seventh Crusade,..

1250--1517. The Mamalukes of Egypt,.

1268. Loss of Antioch,

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1291. The Loss of Acre and the Holy Land,

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CHAPTER LX.

SCHISM OF THE GREEKS AND LATINS.-STATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE.-
REVOLT OF THE BULGARIANS. -ISAAC ANGELUS DETHRONED BY HIS
BROTHER ALEXIUS. ORIGIN OF THE FOURTH CRUSADE. ALLIANCE
OF THE FRENCH AND VENETIANS WITH THE SON OF ISAAC.-THEIR
NAVAL EXPEDITION TO CONSTANTINOPLE. THE TWO SIEGES AND
FINAL CONQUEST OF THE CITY BY THE LATINS.

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Variety of Ecclesiastical Discipline,

857-886. Ambitious Quarrels of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople,

with the Popes,......

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1054. The Popes excommunicate the Patriarch of Constantinople and

the Greeks,..

1100-1200. Enmity of the Greeks and Latins,

The Latins at Constantinople,..

1183. Their Massacre,

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1185-1195. Reign and Character of Isaac Angelus,.

1186. Revolt of the Bulgarians,

1195-1203. Usurpation and Character of Alexius Angelus,
1198. The fourth Crusade,

Embraced by the Barons of France,

1.202. Assembly and Departure of the Crusade from Venice,

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Siege of Zara,..........

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Alliance of the Crusaders with the Greek Prince, the yourg Alex-