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	Bohemund I - LoveToKnow 1911
		From Constantinople to Antioch Bohemund was the real leader of the First Crusade; and it says much for his leading that the First Crusade succeeded in crossing Asia Minor, which the Crusades of 1101, 1147 and 1189 failed to accomplish.
		Bohemund was the first to get into position before Antioch (October 1097), and he took a great part in the siege, beating off the Mahommedan attempts at relief from the east, and connecting the besiegers on the west with the port of St Simeon and the Italian ships which lay there.
		In 1100 he was captured by Danishmend of Sivas, and he languished in prison till 1103.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bohemund_I (1008 words)

	Isaac Of Antioch - LoveToKnow 1911
		" ISAAC OF ANTIOCH one of the stars of Syriac literature," 1 the reputed author of a large number of metrical homilies,2 many of which are distinguished by an originality and acumen rare among Syriac writers.
		He is supposed to have migrated to Antioch, and to have become abbot of one of the convents in its neighbourhood.
		He also commemorated the destruction of Antioch by an earthquake in 459, so that he must have lived till about 460.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Isaac_Of_Antioch (1177 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		Byzantine influence over Antioch was patently evidenced when, in 1165, Bohemond married a niece of the emperor and installed a Greek patriarch in the city, who remained in his position until he died in an earthquake five years later.
		The emperor was buried at Antioch and the Germans became an insignificant contingent during the crusade.
		In 1254 the quarrel between Antioch and Lesser Armenia was at length put to rest with the marriage of Bohemond VI and Sibylla, daughter of Hethoum I of Lesser Armenia.
	www.the-orb.net /textbooks/crusade/antioch.html (2650 words)

	Bohemund I of Antioch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From Constantinople to Antioch Bohemund was the real leader of the First Crusade; and it says much for his leadership that the First Crusade succeeded in crossing Asia Minor, which the Crusade of 1101, the Second Crusade in 1147, and the Third Crusade in 1189 failed to accomplish.
		Bohemund was the first to get into position before Antioch (October 1097), and he took a great part in the siege of the city, beating off the Muslim attempts at relief from the east, and connecting the besiegers on the west with the port of St Simeon and the Genoese ships which lay there.
		In 1100 he was captured by Danishmend of Sivas, and he languished in prison until 1103.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bohemund_I_of_Antioch (1627 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bohemond I of Antioch
		From Constantinople to Antioch, Bohemond was the real leader of the First Crusade; and it says much for his leadership that the First Crusade succeeded in crossing Asia Minor, which the Crusade of 1101, the Second Crusade in 1147, and the Third Crusade in 1189 failed to accomplish.
		Bohemond was the first to get into position before Antioch (October 1097), and he took a great part in the siege of the city, beating off the Muslim attempts at relief from the east, and connecting the besiegers on the west with the port of St Simeon and the Genoese ships which lay there.
		The prince of Antioch was experienced and rich both in gifts and promises; he fully deserved the marriage, which was celebrated with great pomp by the bishop of Chartres in the presence of the king, the Lord Louis, and many archbishops, bishops and noblemen of the realm.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Bohemund_I_of_Antioch (2113 words)

	Bohemund I of Antioch: Definition and links.
		From Constantinople to Antioch Bohemund was the real leader of the First Crusade; and it says much for his leading that the First Crusade succeeded in crossing Asia Minor, which the Crusades of 1101, 1147 and 1189 failed to accomplish.
		Bohemund was the first to get into position before Antioch (October 1097), and he took a great part in the siege, beating off the Moslem attempts at relief from the east, and connecting the besiegers on the west with the port of St Simeon and the Italian ships which lay there.
		In 1100 he was captured by Danish-mend of Sivas, and he languished in prison till 1103.
	www.encyclopedian.com /bo/Bohemund-I-of-Antioch.html (968 words)

	Battle of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The battle of Antioch in 145 BC saw the defeat and overthrow of Seleucid king Alexander Balas by Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt, but the Egyptian pharaoh died in the battle.
		Battle of Antioch (also known as the Battle of the Oenoparus) 145 BC Alexander Balas became king of Syria and Pergamum containing the remnant of the Seleucid empire in 150 BC by defeating Demetrius Soter.
		In the Starcraft fictional universe, Fenix the Templar is overcome by the Zerg in the Battle of Antioch.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Antioch (1347 words)

	The betrayal and capture of Antioch during the First Crusade
		The Saracens and Esclers were in Antioch, together with 12 praiseworthy emirs, each of them guarding 12 towers -- one of them, more powerful, without his peer in the army, guarded six towers and the main gate.
		If Antioch, where we have labored so long, surrenders to me, I ask you, for the love of God, if it be your wish, that each of you grant me the city, in the name of God's love.
		Now before capturing it, we shall pay dearly." Garsion of Antioch was in the main tower, and he sent for the 12 famous emirs.
	www.bu.edu /english/levine/antioch.htm (6584 words)

	The Antiochene School
		Antioch had been founded by Seleucus I in 300 B.C. on the Orontes River, twenty-one miles from the sea, and was named after his father Antiochus.
		Nicolaus, one of the seven deacons chosen to serve tables, was a proselyte from Antioch and perhaps was first Christian in that city (6.5) It was to Antioch that some of the Christians fled after the persecution that followed the death of St. Stephen, the martyr (11.19).
		It was to Antioch that Barnabas came to preach the Gospel (11.22) As a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith (11.24) he sought out Saul in the desert and brought him to Antioch where they both preached the Gospel for one year (11.25-6).
	mariannedorman.homestead.com /Antioch.html (2945 words)

	Bohemund I of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		From Constantinople to Antioch Bohemund was the real leaderof the First Crusade ; and it says much for his leading that the FirstCrusade succeeded in crossing Asia Minor, which the Crusades of 1101, 1147 and 1189 failed to accomplish.
		A politique, Bohemund was resolved to engineer the enthusiasm of the crusaders to his own ends; and when his nephew Tancred of Hauteville left the main army at Heraclea, and attempted to establish a footing in Cilicia, the movement may have been already intended as a preparation for Bohemund's eastern principality.
		In 1100 he was captured by Danishmend of Sivas, and he languished inprison until 1103.
	www.therfcc.org /RFCC/bohemund-i-of-antioch-127107.html (956 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		To prepare for their arrival, he imprisoned the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, John the Oxite, and exiled the Greek Orthodox Greek and Armenian Orthodox population, although the Syrian Orthodox Church Syrian Orthodox citizens were permitted to stay.
		At the beginning of 1099 the march was renewed, leaving Bohemund behind as the first Principality of Antioch Prince of Antioch, and in the spring the Siege of Jerusalem (1099) Siege of Jerusalem began under the leadership of Raymond.
		The Siege of Antioch quickly became legendary, and in the 12th century it was the subject of the ''chanson d'Antioche'', a ''chanson de geste''.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Siege_of_Antioch.html (2813 words)

	cars - Siege of Antioch
		Antioch had been captured from the Byzantine Empire by the Seljuks only very recently, in 1085.
		To prepare for their arrival, he imprisoned the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, John the Oxite, and exiled the Greek and Armenian Orthodox population, although the Syrian Orthodox citizens were permitted to stay.
		At the beginning of 1099 the march was renewed, leaving Bohemund behind as the first Prince of Antioch, and in the spring the Siege of Jerusalem began under the leadership of Raymond.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Siege_of_Antioch (2658 words)

	Antioch
		Kerbogha, the Atabeg of Mosul, and a soldier of great reputation, had gathered troops and marched on Antioch upon learning of the Crusader siege of the city, and was encamped outside the city walls by June 7th, four days after the Crusaders captured the city.
		By the time of the Capture of Tripoli by Bertram in 1109, the Counties and Principalities were already established.
		Roger of Salerno, son of Richard the Principate, was Tancreds successor in Antioch, and continued the friendship with Tripoli.
	www.medievalcrusades.com /antioch.htm (1064 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The battle of Antioch in 145 BC saw the defeat and overthrow of Seleucid Empire Seleucid king Alexander Balas by Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt, but the Egyptian pharaoh died in the battle.
		Bohemund I of Antioch Bohemund of Taranto had persuaded Firuz Beni-Zarra to let the Christians in on 3 June 1098 and the city was quickly captured with the Muslim inhabitants murdered.
		In 1260 Baibars, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, began to threaten the crusader state of Principality of Antioch Antioch, which (as a vassal of the Armenians) had supported the Mongols, the traditional enemies of the Turks.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Battle_of_Antioch.html (1748 words)

	Archaeology
		Antioch was founded in 300 BC by the Seleukos, son of Antiochus, following the death of Alexander the Great, as it lay precisely between his holdings in Asia Minor and the east.
		The Parthians across the Danube capitalized on the destabilization that accompanied the end of the Roman Republic to siege and capture Antioch, although it was quickly liberated by knew eastern legions loyal to Caesar.Antioch swiftly became an important part of the Roman Empire.
		We [citizens of Antioch] too have done honor to foreigners in the greatest of things, and have profited from foreigners, so that even now their families hold positions among the first.
	persweb.wabash.edu /facstaff/royaltyr/AncientCities/web/Antioch/Jeremy/Archmain.htm (1364 words)

	Islam and Europe Timeline (355-1291 A.D.)
		Muslims capture the sea port of Caesarea in Palestine, marking end of the Byzantine presence in Syria.
		1070: Seljuk Turks capture Jerusalem from the Fatimids.
		Jun 1, 1098: Stephen of Blois and a large group of French crusaders flee the siege of Antioch with news of the arrival of Emir Kerboga of Mosul and his army of 75,000.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /imperialism/notes/islamchron.html (7477 words)

	crusade
		The capture of Antioch in 1098 is depicted in this 15th-century illustration from the Miroir Historial by Vincent de Beauvais.
		The battle for Antioch was one of the most hard-fought of the First Crusade, but the crusaders were inspired by the discovery of a lance said to have wounded Christ on the cross, and were able to win the city.
		Damietta, in Egypt, was captured during the Fifth Crusade, but the crusaders did not hold it for long.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0006156.html (659 words)

	Jews & Christians in Antioch - Scholars' Corner - Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies - ICJS
		The artifacts of ancient Antioch are the latest news from the past, a powerful message about a pluralistic society where Jews and Christians struggled with issues of their identity over against one another and over against pagan culture.
		Thecla was, according to tradition, a convert and companion of Paul who followed him to Antioch, where she converted many while "warding off lustful suitors, brutal soldiers, lions, bears, seals, raging bulls, and hostile officials." She baptized herself, cut her hair, dressed as man, and served as a missionary in the Eastern Empire.
		Two years after the capture and sacking of Antioch by the Persians, bubonic plagues broke out in 540 C.E. In 637/638 C.E., Antioch was captured by Arabs.
	www.icjs.org /scholars/antioch2.html (2153 words)

	Antioch Profiles :: Antioch Church :: Bend, Oregon
		There are so many things about Antioch that I am excited for but mostly for the friendships and the things that as a church we are commited to.
		I'm excited to have a role at Antioch and be a part of something important.
		I also feel that Antioch is a great place to have non believers come and visit and they will see something different and exciting than the traditional church.
	www.antiochchurch.org /profiles.html (6601 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: The Crusades
		[Tierney 40, Geary 28.1] Fulcher (Fulk) of Chartres: The Capture of Jerusalem, 1099.
		Aymeric, patriarch of Antioch: The Decline of Christian Power in the Holy Land, 1164, Letter to Louis VII of France.
		Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi: The Siege and Capture of Acre, 1191.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/sbook1k.html (1384 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Mariades
		In the course of a digression on a Persian surprise attack on Antioch during the reign of Gallienus (253-268), Ammianus Marcellinus (23.5.3) mentions that a certain "Mareades [PIR 273], who had inconsiderately brought the Persians there to the destructions of his own people, was burned alive" (23.5.3, trans.
		A fragment of the so-called Anonymous Continuator of Cassius Dio, who is probably to be identified with Peter the Patrician, clearly deals with the same individual, though calling him Mariadnes [[1]]and granting to the Antiochenes advance knowledge of the Persian approach.
		The precision of Malalas' date is deceptive, for it is the result of suspect emendation of an impossible date transmitted in the sole manuscript witness.
	www.roman-emperors.org /mareades.htm (1226 words)

	sicily
		In 1192 the emperor captured and held for ransom King Richard I, the Lion-Hearted, of England, brother-in-law of Henry the Lion.
		Married Constance of Antioch and became prince (1136); resisted attempts of Byzantine emperor John II to control Antioch (1137-43); slain in battle against Nureddin.
		In 1061 he and Robert captured the Sicilian town of Messina from its Muslim rulers, and over the next three decades Roger gradually extended Norman power at the expense of the various Muslim states on the island, completing conquest of Sicily in 1091.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/sicily.htm (2975 words)

	Main Crusades to the East
		Capture of Nicaea in Anatolia (Jun 1097); Turks vanquished at Battle of Dorylaeum (Jul 1097); capture of Antioch in Syria (Jun 1098), Jerusalem (Jul 1099).
		Godfrey of Bouillon became ruler of the new Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, and defeated the Fatimids of Egypt near Ascalon in Palestine (Aug 1099).
		Capture of Damietta (June 1249); defeat of Mansurah (Feb 1250); surrender of crusaders during attempted withdrawal.
	www.factophile.com /show.content?action=view&pageid=151 (632 words)

	The First Crusade, an Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antioch was a huge and strongly defended city, famous for having never fallen except by treachery.
		Back at Antioch, word came that a much larger relief army was on its way, this time under the command of Kerbogha, Attabeg of Mosul.
		Bohemond demanded that Antioch be given to him, and the various leaders spent time capturing outlying towns as bargaining chips.
	www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk /firstcrusade/Overview/Overview.htm (2130 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bohemond I of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		1058-March 3, 1111), count of Taranto and afterwards prince of Antioch, was one of the leaders of the First Crusade.
		From Constantinople to Antioch Bohemund was the real leader of the First Crusade; and it says much for his leading that the First Crusade succeeded in crossing Asia Minor, which the Crusade of 1101, the Second Crusade in 1147, and the Third Crusade in 1189 failed to accomplish.
		Ransomed in 1103 by the generosity of an Armenian prince, Bohemund made it his first object to attack the neighbouring Muslim powers in order to gain supplies.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bohemond-I-of-Antioch (1014 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: The Siege and Capture of Antioch
		He captured and killed two of them on the slope of the little mountain and forced all the enemy to enter by the bridge.
		How great were the spoils captured in Antioch it is impossible for us to say, except that you may believe as much as you wish, and then add to it.
		The city of Antioch was captured on the third day before the Nones of June; it had been besie ed, however, since about the eleventh day before the Kalends of November.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/cde-antioch.html (15058 words)

	RPGHost Community Forums - Pre Crusade Antioch
		Yes, it's not Antioch, but there are plenty of sources for the physical geography of the city that should give you some insight into the minds of urban planners of that period / locality, eg.
		There really isn't enough here about Antioch to be worth recommending it as a source but it is an interesting side note on the interaction between the Christians who went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land before 1099 and the peoples who occupied that land at the time.
		Muslims capture Antioch from the Byzantines in around the 1080s, after the Byzantines re-captured the city from the Muslims in the 1050s (IIRC).
	forums.rpghost.com /showthread.php?t=4805 (1423 words)

	The Battle for Antioch
		Chris–tian women of Antioch came to loopholes on the battlements, and in their accustomed way secretly applauded as they watched the miserable plight of the Turks.
		At sunup the crusaders who were outside Antioch in their tents, upon hearing piercing shrieks arising from the city, raced out and saw the banner of Bohemond flying high on the hill.
		Antioch has fallen, but the citadel has not, and all of our men are so griev–ously beset that I think that at this moment they have been killed by the Turks.
	www.deremilitari.org /RESOURCES/SOURCES/tudebode.htm (9553 words)

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