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At that time, too, came count godfrey, who had crossed the sea with the other counts and was accompanied by an army of 10,000 knights and 70,000 for, though in the beginning peter had aroused this great expedition to adore the holy sepulchre, the other counts, bohemund above all, were cherishing in mind the old grudge against the emperor and were awaiting a favorite opportunity to take vengeance on him for the splendid victory which he had gained over bohemund when the latter engaged him in battle at larissa… thus, apparently they were making an expedition to jerusalem; in reality, however, they wanted to divest the emperor of his kingdom and take constantinople." - excerpt from alexiad written by anna comnena in 1053, daughter of emperor alexius i and considered the first female historian

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