Title

Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon, c1099, (14th century). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon, c1099, (14th century). Siege during the 1st Crusade (1095-099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls with ladders under cover of their own longbowmen. Godfrey de Bouillon (c1060-1100) led the 1st Crusade which captured Jerusalem in 1099. He was elected the first king of Jerusalem. Illuminated manuscript illustration from the Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon (The Story of Godfrey de Bouillon), Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

Date

1300

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B87_326

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,1Mb) / 17,5in x 11,1in / 5236 x 3333 (300dpi)

Keywords

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