Siege on Jerusalem (5 Jun 1099 Jahr – 15 Jul 1099 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

"On the northern side were the camps of the Counts of Normandy and Flanders... on the west were Duke Godfrey and Tancred. On the south was the Count of St Gilles..." (Robert, 196)

"On the Monday of the second week in Juen, 10 June, the Christians attacked Jerusalem. They did not get the upper hand that day, but their work did not go to waste" (Robert, 197)

Picture: Earliest known account of the Siege on Jerusalem
“Colophon in an Armenian gospel, written in 1099, during the reign of Gregory II the Martyrophile,” in Matenadaran, Ms 288 1099, digital image, accessed April 12, 2018, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42972587.