History of the Fourth Crusade
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History of the Fourth Crusade

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History of the Fourth Crusade

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The Greek speaking Roman empire at the end of the twelfth century was very much smaller than it had once been. It is no part of my purpose to trace the history of its decline, further than to show what were the immediate causes which led to its weakness in 1203, when the Fourth Crusade effected what is generally known as the Latin Conquest of Constantinople. In the year 1200 the territory over which the Roman emperor in the East ruled, no longer included any part of Italy or Sicily. Cyprus had been taken possession of by our Richard the Lion-hearted in 1190, and never again came under the sway of the emperors. The Saracens had captured some of the fairest Asiatic provinces which had owned allegiance to Constantinople. The successes of the Crusaders had for a time established a kingdom of Jerusalem, and had won a considerable number of important places from the enemy, but as the century closed nearly all of them had been lost...

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Publisher
Ozymandias Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781531285661
Topic
History
Subtopic
European Medieval History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY-EXTENT OF EMPIRE IN TWELFTH CENTURY- ITS CONDITION AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
  2. CHAPTER II. WEAKENING OF THE EMPIRE BY ATTACKS OF THE SELJUKIAN TURKS
  3. CHAPTER III.WEAKENING OF THE EMPIRE BY ATTACKS FROM THE NORTH.
  4. CHAPTER IV. WEAKENING OF THE EMPIRE FROM DYNASTIC TROUBLES
  5. CHAPTER V.WEAKENING OF THE EMPIRE BY THE CRUSADES.
  6. CHAPTER VI.WEAKENING OF THE EMPIRE BY ATTACKS FROM THE WEST.
  7. CHAPTER VII.THE CONDITION OF CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1200.
  8. CHAPTER VIII. THE PREPARATIONS FOR A CRUSADE
  9. CHAPTER IX. ARRIVAL IN VENICE.
  10. CHAPTER X. THE DEPARTURE TO, CONQUEST OF, AND STAY IN ZARA
  11. CHAPTER XI. THE PLOT
  12. CHAPTER XII.FROM ZARA TO CORFU.
  13. CHAPTER XIII. FROM CORFU TO CONSTANTINOPLE
  14. CHAPTER XIV. FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR ALEXIS AND RESTORATION OF ISAAC. REVOLUTION IN THE CITY.
  15. CHAPTER XV. THE ASSAULT, CAPTURE , AND PLUNDER OF THE CITY.
  16. CHAPTER XVI. THE ELECTION OF A LATIN EMPEROR
  17. CHAPTER XVII. CONCLUSION.