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Lord Edward's Crusade, [2] sometimes called the Ninth Crusade, was a military expedition to the Holy Land under the command of Edward, Duke of Gascony (later king as Edward I) in 1271–1272. In practice an extension of the Eighth Crusade , it was the last of the Crusades to reach the Holy Land before the fall of Acre in 1291 brought an end to ...
Chalkydri – heavenly creatures of the Sun; Chamrosh (Persian mythology) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird; Cinnamon bird – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon; Devil Bird (Sri Lankan) – shrieks predicting death; Gagana – a miraculous bird with an iron beak and copper claws
Lord Edward's Crusade (1271–1272) (Crusade of Lord Edward of England, the Ninth Crusade, or the Last Crusade) Plans for a Joint Latin-Greek Crusade (1274–1276) Crusade of Henry of Mecklenburg (1275) Lithuanian Crusades (1284–1435) Crusade against the Aragonese (1284–1285) (Aragonese Crusade, or Crusade of Aragon) Siege of Acre (1291)
In "The Shambler from the Stars", De Vermis Mysteriis is described as the work of Ludvig Prinn, an "alchemist, necromancer, [and] reputed mage" who "boasted of having attained a miraculous age" before being burned at the stake in Brussels during the height of the witch trials (in the late 15th or early 16th centuries).
These, from the 13th century, expand on the above with various races of humans, mythological creatures, and sometimes wonders of the world from Bernard Silvestris and others: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 254; Cambridge, University Library MS Kk.4.25; Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. e Musaeo 136; Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 88 E
Scene 1: 2 August 1274: Edward's return to England from the Ninth Crusade; he establishes a "colledge" [sic] for wounded soldiers (ahistorical). Scene 2: Introduction of the Welsh characters and their plot against England, including the comic relief group of Friar Hugh ap David, Morgan Pigott the Harper, and Jack the Novice.
Own work based on: Ninth Crusade-fr.svg. References: Prestwich, Michael (1997) Edward I, Yale University Press, pp. 75–77 ISBN: 9780300146653. OCLC: 890476967. Runciman (1994) A history of the crusades: The Kingdom of Acre and the later crusades, 3, The Folio Society, pp. 278−279, 280–281 OCLC: 1344506479.
His primary work was the first attempt at a history of the Crusades, concentrating on the First Crusade and the heroic role of Godfrey of Bouillon. The work was written to encourage support to pope Pius II for a new Crusade to the Holy Land and is regarded as propaganda. [167] [168] Dialogue (1461–1463). A work favorably comparing the ...