The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople

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University of Pennsylvania Press, 2 sep. 1999 - 368 sidor

On August 15, 1199, Pope Innocent III called for a renewed effort to deliver Jerusalem from the Infidel, but the Fourth Crusade had a very different outcome from the one he preached. Proceeding no further than Constantinople, the Crusaders sacked the capital of eastern Christendom and installed a Latin ruler on the throne of Byzantium. This revised and expanded edition of The Fourth Crusade gives fresh emphasis to events in Byzantium and the Byzantine response to the actions of the Crusaders. Included in this edition is a chapter on the sack of Constantinople and the election of its Latin emperor.

A History Book Club selection.

 

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The Preaching and Taking of the Cross
1
The Illfated Treaty of Venice 1201
9
The Election of Boniface of Montferrat
21
The Poverty of the Army at Venice
40
The Conquest of Zara
55
The Treaty of Zara
79
The Taking of the Tower of Galata
101
The First Conquest of Constantinople
119
And So Began the War
148
The Second Conquest of Constantinople
172
The Devastation of Constantinople
193
List of Abbreviations
205
Notes
207
Bibliography
299
Index
345
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The Uneasy Alliance of Latins and Greeks
135

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