Word: saracenic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lion, have always possessed that romantic air of mystery which surrounds the period of the middle ages; and in Mr. Archer's volume is given an account of his deeds in the east at the time of the great crusade. The account has the advantage of possessing the Saracen as well as the Christian idea of his character, and it moreover gives the Mohammedan story of the battles of the crusades. Such authorities have been cited as the ancient historians Bohadin, Ernoul, and Ambrose, who were actually in Palestine when the events which they described took place. The book...