Stories from World History. 'St. Louis de Joinville' follows his King on a Crusade (1248-54). Script by Rhoda Power.
Louis IX of France was a person of qualities so rare that he was made a saint soon after his death. He is known from the account written by one of his nobles, the Lord of Joinville. Today's story tells how de Joinville accompanied his master on a Crusade.
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