Joinville and the King were both captured by the Mamluks , and the book describes their period of imprisonment and the eventual payment of their ransom.
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Jean de Joinville was an aristocrat who accompanied King Louis IX (Saint Louis) to Egypt and the Holy Land. He wrote these memoirs in his late years, providing a vivid, personal account that reads more like war reporting than a dry chronicle. Central Themes: Joinville and the King were both captured by