The Crusader's Mysterious Sword - Medievalists.net

The tomb effigy of a French crusader from the thirteenth century preserves a surprising secret: a carved copy of a Chinese sword which belonged to the knight.

After being captured in Egypt during the Seventh Crusade, Peter of Dreux’s sword disappeared. It was lost for nearly seven hundred years until its pommel was rediscovered in the Damascus bazaar by Louis J. Cartier – of House of Cartier fame.

With twenty-two First Crusade letters to choose from, it is hard to whittle the list down to just five without feeling some sense of guilt (sorry, Urban II). After a ruthless process of elimination, here are my personal top five letters.