The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople
by Phillips, Jonathan (Author)Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-29
Publisher(s): Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Summary
In 1202, Western Christians aflame with religious zeal gathered in Venice determined to liberate Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But the Crusaders never made it to the Holy Land. Urged on by the canny Venetian doge and a pretender to the Byzantine throne, they descended instead on Constantinople, the world's most opulent city and the heart of Christian Byzantium. The Crusaders spared no one in their savagery: they raped and massacred thousands, plundered churches, and put the city to the torch. By 1204, barbarism masquerading as piety had swept aside one of the great civilizations of history.
Author Biography
Jonathan Phillips is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at Roval Holloway, University of London.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. vi |
| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| A Note on Nomenclature | p. viii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Prologue: The Coronation of Emperor Baldwin | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Maps | p. xxiii |
| The Origins and Preaching of the Fourth Crusade, 1187-99 | p. 1 |
| Abbot Martin's Crusade Sermon, Basel Cathedral, May 1200 | p. 26 |
| The Tournament at Ecry, November 1199 | p. 39 |
| The Treaty of Venice, April 1201 | p. 56 |
| Final Preparations and Leaving Home, May 1201-June 1202 | p. 78 |
| The Crusade at Venice and the Siege of Zara, summer and autumn 1202 | p. 102 |
| The Offer from Prince Alexius, December 1202-May 1203 | p. 127 |
| The Crusade Arrives at Constantinople, June 1203 | p. 142 |
| The First Siege of Constantinople, July 1203 | p. 162 |
| Triumph and Tensions at Constantinople, July-August 1203 | p. 185 |
| The Great Fire of August 1203 | p. 206 |
| The Murder of Alexius IV and the Descent into War, early 1204 | p. 221 |
| The Conquest of Constantinople, April 1204 | p. 235 |
| The Sack of Constantinople, April 1204 | p. 258 |
| The End of the Fourth Crusade and the Early Years of the Latin Empire, 1204-5 | p. 281 |
| The Fate of the Latin Empire, 1206-61 | p. 304 |
| Afterword | p. 310 |
| Chronology | p. 321 |
| Notes | p. 323 |
| Bibliography | p. 349 |
| Index | p. 362 |
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