Urban II., Pope, his interview with Peter the Hermit, i. 42.
Receives the ambassadors of Alexis Comnenus, i. 44.
Convokes a council at Plaisance, i. 45.
At Clermont, i. 46 et seq.
His inciting speech in favour of the crusades, i. 48-50.
—— V. adopts the project of a new crusade, iii. 113.
And convokes a meeting at Avignon, iii. 113-114.
V.
Valeran, bishop of Berytus, ii. 334.
Varangians, account of the, ii. 83 n.
Vaudois, religious principles of the, ii. 197.
Papal crusade against, ii. 199 and n.
Venetians embark for the Holy Land, and destroy the fleet of the Saracens, i. 298.
Enter Jerusalem, i. 299.
Conquer Tyre, i. 301.
Return to Italy, i. 302.
Refinement of the, ii. 182.
Their contests with the Genoese, iii. 2.
Venice forbids intercourse with the Mussulmans, i. 15.
Commercial greatness of, ii. 48.
Dandolo, the doge, ii. 49.
Engages to assist the Crusaders, ii. 50, ii. 51.
Sums advanced by, ii. 53.
Pecuniary exactions of, ii. 59.
Her wealth and greatness, ii. 183, ii. 184.
Her possessions captured by the Turks, iii. 184.
Bajazet II. declares war against, iii. 197.
Her active preparations for defence, iii. 198.
Her commercial ambition, iii. 200.
Hélian’s diatribe against, ib.
Rejoicings at, after the victory of Lepanto, iii. 226.
State of, during the age of the crusades, iii. 263.
Vermandois, Crusaders of the, i. 81.
Vermandois, count de, i. 83.
Led a prisoner to Constantinople, i. 89.
His treatment avenged, i. 90.
His bravery before Antioch, i. 170, i. 174.
Returns to Europe, i. 177.
Dies of his wounds, i. 254.
Vertot, abbé de, the historian, iii. 188.
Victor III., Pope, incites the Christians to take arms against the infidels, i. 39, i. 40.
Vida, the Italian poet, his enthusiasm for the crusades, iii. 203.
Vienna, council of, convoked by Clement V. to promote a crusade, iii. 97.
Besieged by the Turks, iii. 217, iii. 218, iii. 235.
Relieved by Sobieski, king of Poland, ib.
Villehardouin, Geoffrey, marshal of Champagne, ii. 46 and n.
His address to the Venetians, ii. 50, ii. 51 and n.
His history of the contests between the Greeks and Latins, ii. 175.
——, William of, prince of Achaia, engages in the seventh crusade, ii. 379.
Visions and prodigies, reliance of the Crusaders on, i. 192.
Vitri destroyed by Louis VII. of France, i. 330.
Volkmar, a priest, instigates the Crusaders to the greatest cruelties, i. 70.
W.
Walcknaer’s “Itinerary,” i. 3 n., i. 199 n.
Wales, journey through, relating the manners of the inhabitants in the twelfth century, iii. 408 (App.).
Walter the Penniless, general of the Crusaders, i. 62.
——, count of Cæsarea, his accusations against the count of Jaffa, i. 313.
Warna, battle of, iii. 143.
West, Christians of the, aroused against the East, i. xix.; i. 3, i. 20, i. 21.
Institutions of the, in their infancy, i. 36, i. 37.
Enthusiasm in favour of the crusades, i. 54.
Agitated state of the, ii. 195.
Alarm among the Christian nations, at the fall of Constantinople, iii. 159 et seq.
William, king of Sicily, engages in the holy war, i. 453.
—— IX., count of Poictiers, sets out for the East, i. 249 and n.
—— Rufus, duke of Normandy, i. 82.
——, count de Nevers, i. 249.
Defeated by the Turks, i. 253.
——, archbishop of Tyre, preaches in support of the holy war, i. 436, i. 444.
——, viscount de Melun, deserts the camp of the Crusaders, and is retaken, i. 135.
—— de Clermont, bravery of, iii. 80.
—— of Malmesbury, the chronicler, iii. 356.
—— of Tyre, the historian, i. 17, i. 41, i. 54, i. 62, i. 65, i. 147 n. et passim.
Wine of Gaza, celebrated, i. 11.
Wolf IX., duke of Bavaria, a leader of the Crusaders, i. 249.
Defeated, i. 253.
Worms, diet at, convoked by Henry VI. of Germany, ii. 13, ii. 14.
Y.
Yemen, a province of Arabia, ii. 3 n.
Yve, son of Hugh de Grandmenil, i. 83.
Z.
Zara, city of, revolts against the domination of Venice, ii. 60.
Siege of, ii. 63.
Zengui, prince of Mossoul, conquests of, i. 306, i. 320.
Attacks the Christian fortresses, i. 315.
Besieges and captures Edessa, i. 321-325.
Assassinated, i. 326.
Zimisces, emperor of the Greeks, i. 14.
Conquests of, i. 15.
His violent death, i. 36.
Zizim, disputes the Turkish empire with Bajazet, and visits Europe, iii. 191.
Joins the Christian crusade against the Turks, iii. 195.
His death, ib.