The Battle of Ascalon, with crusaders capturing livestock; manuscript miniature, 13th cent.

The Battle of Ascalon in 1099, by Victor Schnetz (1847; Palace of Versailles)

The Taking of Jerusalem by the crusaders, 15th July 1099, by Émile Signol (1847; Palace of Versailles)

Robert of Normandy (Robert Curthose), on the left of his father, William the Conqueror. From the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century. Bayeux Museum, Normandy, France

Bayeux Tapestry - Scene 19: Normans attack the motte-and-bailey castle of Dinan. A lance is used to surrender the keys. 11th century, Bayeux Museum, Normandy, France

view of Jerusalem from the Quidron (Kidron) Valley

Sword and spurs of Godfrey of Bouillon, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

The Tower of David in 1911 (moat, main gate, tower)

Mt. Silpius with ruins of the citadel, Antioch

The Siege of Antioch (Detail of a medieval miniature from Sébastien Mamerot's Les Passages d'Outremer (1473–1474)

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