Alexius I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...seeking aid from the West against the Turks, the First Crusade (see Crusades ) was declared. Faced with the presence of an army...return, he promised to join the Crusaders, who at first complied. Bohemond, however, seized Antioch for...