[482] Arnould, one of the most corrupt priests in the army, had been elected patriarch, but was deposed almost immediately; and Daimbert, who arrived from Rome as legate, was chosen in his stead. This Daimbert it is of whom I speak above. He seems to have conceived, from the first, the idea of making Jerusalem an eastern Rome, and wrung many concessions from Godfrey, which were little respected by that chief's successors. [483] William of Tyre. [484] Hist. Hieros.; Jacob. lib. i.; William of Tyre; Fulcher; Albert. [485] Will. of Tyre; Fulcher of Chartres. [486] Fulcher. [487] William of Tyre. [488] Hist. Hieros.; Jacob. Vit.; Will. of Tyre. [489] Fulcher; Albert. [490] Raoul of Caen; Will. Tyr.; Fulcher. [491] Guibert; lib. vii. [492] Will. of Tyr.; Guibert. [493] Guibert says that Boemond died from the effects of poison. Other authors declare that grief for having been obliged to enter into a less advantageous treaty with Alexius than he had anticipated occasioned his death; but, from his whole history, I should not look upon Boemond as a man likely to die of grief. [494] He was the grandson of that Raimond, Count of Toulouse, of whose conduct I have so often had occasion to speak already, and whose perseverance against Tripoli will be mentioned hereafter. [495] Will. Tyr. [496] Fulcher; Albert of Aix; William of Tyre. [497] Albert of Aix; William of Tyre. [498] Fulcher. [499] Albert of Aix. [500] Fulcher; Albert. [501] Albert. [502] Albert of Aix. [503] Fulcher. [504] Albert. [505] Fulcher, cap. 35, A. D. 1105. [506] Fulcher, cap. 27. [507] Albert, lib. ix.; Fulcher. [508] Albert; Fulcher. [509] James of Vitry; Hist. Hieros. ab. [510] Hist. Hieros. abrev. [511] Mills says that the last historical mention of Peter is that which relates to his recognition by the Christians of Jerusalem; but such is not the case. We find him mentioned as a very influential person on the occasion of the battle of Ascalon.--See _Raimond d'Agiles_; _Guibert_, lib. vii. [512] Guibert, lib. vii. [513] Albert of Aix, lib. x.; William of Tyre. [514] Fulcher; William of Tyre. [515] Guibert, lib. vii. [516] Guibert. lib. vii. [517] Ibid. [518] William of Tyre. [519] Albert of Aix and Fulcher give a different account of Baldwin's escape. [520] Will. Tyr. lib. x. [521] Albert; Raimond d'Agiles; Fulcher; William of Tyre; Guibert. [522] Albert of Aix; Raimond d'Agiles; Guibert. [523] Mills is wrong in supposing that plate armour was not at all known before the beginning of the thirteenth century. As far back as the time of Louis the Debonair, the Monk of St. Gall gives a full description of a man in plate armour, and also mentions the barb, or iron covering of the horse. [524] See, for these particulars, the Monk of St. Gall; Albert of Aix; Raimond d'Agiles; Fulcher; Guibert; William of Brittany; Menestrier St. Palaye; Ducange. [525] Albert of Aix, lib. viii. [526] Fulcher; Guibert.