Crusade Collection

Jarrow Crusade
Unemployed from Jarrow during their Hunger march to London Date: October 1936

Eleanor of Castile
QUEEN OF EDWARD I Daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile and Joan of Ponthieu; accompanied Edward I on the 8th Crusade (1270-73)

Crusaders Near Jerusalem
Crusaders under Richard I gain sight of Jerusalem, though they were unable to seize it from the Saracens

URBAN II (c. 1035 - 1099). First Crusade (1095). Council of Clermont. Pope Urban II authorizes the departure to the Crusades. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris

Crusade Leaders Riding
Leaders of the first Crusade - Godefri de Bouillon, Raimond de Toulouse, Boemund de Tarento and Tanered d Hauteville

Eleanor on Crusades
Eleanor of Aquitaine (or of Guyenne) rides east with her husband, Louis VII; but her carryings-on with Raymond of Antioch will lead to divorce, and marriage to Henry II

Simon De Montfort(Elder)
SIMON DE MONTFORT 5th Earl of Leicester French nobleman, took part in 4th Crusade, prominent leader of Albigensian Crusade, died at siege of Toulouse in 1218

Ellen Cicely Wilkinson
ELLEN CICELY WILKINSON Trade union and womens rights activist, who led the march of workers to London on the Jarrow Crusade

Meeting of King Richard the Lionheart with Saladin
Meeting of King Richard I (the Lionheart) with Saladin, during the Third Crusade. 1191

Syria. Krak des Chevaliers. Castle built in the twelfth century by the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades to the Holy Land

The Last Crusade by Bernard Partridge in Punch WW1
The Last Crusade. Coeur-de-Lion (looking down on the Holy City). " My dream comes true." Drawn by Bernard Partridge and published in Punch in December 1917

Crusades / Richard 1
THIRD CRUSADE Richard I, after taking Cyprus en route, lands at Acre, after which he stays in Palestine for 16 months

DASSY, Jean Joseph (1796-1865). Robert Curthouse fighting a Muslim warrior at the siege of Antioch. ca. 1838. First Crusade

Crusader Praying
A French Chevalier banneret (horseman carrying a banner) prays before leaving for the Second Crusade

Death of Richard I
Richard I, dying of his wounds during a minor engagement in France, pardons Bertrand, the archer who shot him

8th Crusade - Fleet
EIGHTH CRUSADE The ships which carried Louis IX from France to Carthage on his fatal crusade in North Africa Date: 1270

First Crusade (1095-1099). The city of Antiochia

First Crusade. Urban II preaching the First Crusade in the Council of Clermont (1095). Picture of the Chronicle by Guillaume de Tyr (13th c.). Gothic art. SWITZERLAND. Geneva

Crusade / Bernard Preaches
Saint Bernard of Clairvaix preaching at the second crusade, Vezelay, France

Crusade / Battle Askalon
The Battle of Askalon

St Edmund of Abingdon
SAINT EDMUND OF ABINGDON EDMUND RICH English scholar. He became archbishop of Canterbury in 1233. He preached 6th crusade

Peter the Hermit, preaching before the Pope
Peter the Hermit, a priest of Amiens, France, associated with the Crusades, preaching before the Pope Date: circa 1090s

Plane trees of Godfrey of Bouillon. Prairie of Buyukdere
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. 40 plane trees of Godfrey of Bouillon. Prairie of Buyukdere. According to tradition the field tent of Godfrey of Bouillon was installed next to the tree during the camping of

Alfonso VIII celebrating victory
Alfonso VIII, king of Castile (1155-1214), celebrating the victory at the Batte of Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212, against the Almohad Muslim. Spain. Lithography. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration

40 plane trees of Godfrey of Bouillon. Prairie of Buyukdere
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. 40 plane trees of Godfrey of Bouillon. Prairie of Buyukdere. According to tradition the field tent of Godfrey of Bouillon was installed next to the tree during the camping of

Dr. Thomas John Barnardo (1845 - 1905), in his office at Stepney Causeway, evangelical, entrepreneurial and philanthropic

Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here in the Training Housewives display, the young women demonstrate laundry work

Spain. Civil War. 1 Crusade. Spain spiritual world guider. Poster of the national side. Painting

DEATH OF LOUIS IX
Louis IX dies (of illness) while leading a crusade near Tunis : his body is brought home to France by his son, Philippe III le Hardi. Date: August 1270

EIGHTH CRUSADE Louis IX lands at Carthage, whence he will advance to Tunis where he will die of the plague Date: 1270

CRUSADES / BOUILLON
FIRST CRUSADE Godefroi de Bouillon, king of Jerusalem, dies there after reigning only a few months Date: 23 July 1100

King Richard I in action during the Battle of Jaffa, Jerusalem, Third Crusade. Date: 1192

The British Valhalla -- Our Crusading Kings. Showing King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) viewing Jerusalem, and Richard with King Philip II of France, during the Third Crusade (1189 - 1192)

Tomb of a knight who had participated in a crusade, with crucifix and cupid. Copied from Aubin-Louis Milins Antiquites Nationales, 1791

Emperor Heraclius killing Persian King Khosrau
Byzantine Emperor Heraclius in red cross surtout killing Sassanid Persian King Khosrau II on a bridge over the Danube. Painting on the north side of the Chancel

The First Crusade
Scene during The First Crusade (1095-1099). 11th century

ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE Regarded by Catholics as the stronghold of Satan, the town of Lavaur is sacked by crusaders and its population massacred as heretics Date: 3 May 1211

The death of Friedrich I in Calycadnus (Goksu), River of Cilicia. Date: June 1190

FIRST CRUSADE - Godefroi de Bouillon, leader of the First Crusade, proclaimed King of Jerusalem. Date: 1100

FIRST CRUSADE Preaching the Crusade. Date: 1095

FIRST CRUSADE Crusaders leave the Holy Land. Date: 1095

Louis IX of France sets sail for the Holy Land which he hopes to reconquer; alas, he himself gets captured by the Saracens and has to be ransomed at great expense Date: 1248

French knights discuss with the emissaries of the Sultan the terms whereby Louis IX, captured by the Saracens, might be ransomed and permitted to go home Date: 1250

Marguerite de France, Queen of Hungary, leads the Hungarians on a Crusade. Date: 1196

THIRD CRUSADE Emperor Friedrich I and his massive army, after leaving Regensburg in May, are carried across the Bosphorus by a fleet of boats Date: summer 1189

Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), 1581, by Torquat
Torquato Tasso (1544-1595). Italian poet. Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), 1581. Epic poem. Chant I. Printed in Venice, 1788

CRUSADER PRAYING
A French Chevalier banneret (horseman carrying a banner) prays before leaving for the Second Crusade Date: 1146

St Mary Magdalene Canvas Church Crusade - Highbury Corner, Holloway - run by the Rev Arthur William Goodwin Hudson (1906-1985) (who signed the back of the card in May 1953). Date: circa 1952

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