The Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople/

Main Author: Phillips, Jonathan P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London: Pimlico, 2005
Series:Pimlico 702
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The origins and preaching of the Fourth Crusade, 1187-99
  • Abbot Martin's Crusade Sermon, Basel Cathedral, May 1200
  • The tournament at Ecry, November 1199
  • The Treaty of Venice, April 1201
  • Final preparations and leaving home, May 1201-June 1202
  • The Crusade at Venice and the Siege of Zara, summer and autumn 1202
  • The offer from Prince Alexius, December 1202-May 1203
  • The Crusade arrives at Constantinople, June 1203
  • The first siege of Constantinople, July 1203
  • Triumph and tensions at Constantinople, July-August 1203
  • The Great Fire of August 1203
  • The murder of Alexius IV and the descent into war, early 1204
  • The conquest of Constantinople, April 1204
  • The sack of Constantinople, April 1204
  • The end of the Fourth Crusade and the early years of the Latin Empire, 1204-5
  • The fate of the Latin Empire, 1206-61.