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Matthew of Edessa
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“On both sides the troops were commanded by royal princes and they massacred each other mercilessly.”
Matthew of Edessa (1100–1144) first seen 1085 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (June 1085/6) Elizabeth Hallam (ed.) Chronicles of the Crusades (1989) p. 44
“The fighting was fierce and lasted for the greater part of a day; blood ran in rivers. The Franks, overwhelmed and lost in a foreign land, could see no way out of their desperate situation. Confused, they stopped and herded together like frightened animals.”
Matthew of Edessa (1100–1144) said by 1144 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What a sight! The air was full of the harsh sound of arrows thudding from bows, horses reared up in terror and the mountains reverberated with the din of battle.”
Matthew of Edessa (1100–1144) said by 1144 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Frankish duke wept bitterly to see his soldiers massacred.”
Matthew of Edessa (1100–1144) first seen 1101 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Army of William IX at Heraclea (June 1101) Hallam (1989) p. 96