Armies of Heaven (63 page)

Saint-Michel d'Aguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle)

Saint-Simeon

St. Michael of the Needle.
See
Saint-Michel d'Aguilhe

Salvation, and holy war

Samosata

Sanctuaries, churches as

Saracen(s)

brutality of

cruelty of

and Islam

as label

misconceptions about

origins of

See also
Muslims

Sarah (wife of Abraham)

Saul (king)

Sclavonia.
See
Dalmatia

Seljuk Turks.
See also
Turks

Sensadolus

Seventh battle

Sidon

Siege warfare

in Europe

rules of

violence of

Siegfried of Mainz

Siggerius (priest)

Signs

and meteors

See also
Visions; Earthquakes

Sophia

Stabelo (servant of Godfrey)

Starvation, at Antioch

Stephen I (king of Hungary)

Stephen of Beneciacum

Stephen of Blois

and Alexius II,

and Alexius II, oath to

and Antioch

army of

desertion of

and Dorylaeum

and Egypt

fate of

illness of

and Orontes River battle

wife of

Stephen of Valence

visions of

Stephen (saint)

Stipends, military

“Suicide, martyrdom, murder,”

Syria

Tafurs

Tancred

and Alexius II, oath to

and Antioch

and Ascalon

and Baldwin of Boulogne

and Bethlehem

and desertion, at Antioch

fate of

and Jabala

and Jerusalem

and Jerusalem, siege towers at

and Kerbogah

and Kerbogah, defeat of

and Mamistra

and Marash

and Raymond of Saint-Gilles

and Tarsus

and Tripoli

and white horse, apocalyptic rider on

Tarsus

Taurus Mountains

Temple of Solomon

Tetigus

and Alexius II,

and Antioch

and Bohemond

and Byzantine-Turkish alliances

and desertion, at Antioch

and Dorylaeum

and Nicea

Thierry (abbot)

Theodore (saint)

Thomas of Marle

Tinchebrai, battle of

Toros

Tortoise (armored shell model).
See also
Weaponry

Tournaments

Trial by combat

Trial by fire

Tripoli

Truce of God

True Cross

and Baldwin of Boulogne

See also
Relics

Turcopoles.

Turkish-Byzantine alliances

Turks

and Alexius II,

misconceptions about

and Nicea

See also
Seljuk Turks

II Thessalonians

Urban II,

and Adhémar

and Alexius II,

and Antichrist

and Chosen People

and Christian identity

and Clermont, sermon at

and Council of Clermont

and crusade indulgence

death of

and monks

and Otbert of Liège

preaching itinerary of(map)

problems of

and Raymond of Saint-Gilles

recruitment campaign of

and visions, radical

Ursinus

Violence

against Jews

against Muslims

of siege warfare

See also
Brutality

Visionaries

new

radical

See also
Peter Bartholomew; Peter the Hermit; Stephen of Valence

Visions

at Antioch

and army

of the Cross

of crusade army

of Godfrey, as ruler of Jerusalem

of Holy Lance

and Jerusalem

and popular crusade

radical

See also under
Peter Bartholomew;
under
Peter the Hermit; Signs;
under
Stephen of Valence

Walo of Chaumont-en-vexin

Walter of Breteuil

Walter of Poissy

Walter of Sansavoir

army of

Waltheof (earl)

Warhorses

Warriors

and code of conduct

and combat fatigue

and stipends, military

See also
Army

Water, scarcity of

Weaponry.
See also
Army

West, vs. East

Western culture

Whalen, Brett Edward

White horse, apocalyptic rider on

Wibert (archbishop of Ravenna).
See
Clement III

William Badboy

William (bishop of Orange)

William Goodson

William Hugh of Monteil

William II (king of England)

William of Malmesbury

William of Normandy

William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy)

Winemer

Woman clad in the sun,
plate 10

Women

Xerigordos

 

Yaghi-Siyan

and Antioch, truce at

and Antioch, truce at, failure of

and Antioch, victory at

and Orontes River battle

and relief army

and religious buildings, defacing of

Zemun

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rubenstein, Jay, 1967–

Armies of heaven : the first crusade and the quest for apocalypse / Jay Rubenstein. —1st ed,

p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN : 978-0-465-02748-4

 

D161.2.R73 2011
940.1'8—dc22

2011004195