Abstract
It is said that truth is stranger than fiction. The history of the Middle Ages is largely one of romance; and of all the medieval episodes, the story of the crusades is perhaps the most romantic; and of all crusading ventures the most fantastic and least known is the amphibious attack on the holy cities of Islam, Mecca and El Medina, by the famous French crusader, the prince of Antioch and lord of Transjordan, Renaud de Chatillon. To us in the Sudan Renaud's raid down the Red Sea is particularly interesting, as the crusaders actually landed in the Sudan and dominated both the Sudanese and Arabian coasts of the Red Sea for many months.
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