The Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jonathan Phillips.
• Other Names: Phillips, Jonathan (Jonathan P.)
• Contents: Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- A note on nomenclature -- Prologue : the coronation of Emperor Baldwin -- Introduction -- Maps -- 1. The origins and preaching of the fourth crusade, 1187-99 -- 2. Abbot Martin's crusade sermon, Basel cathedral, May 1200 -- 3. The tournament at Ecry, November 1199 -- 4. The treaty of Venice, April 1201 -- 5. Final preparations and leaving home, May 1201-June 1202 -- 6. The crusade at Venice and the siege of Zara, Summer and Autumn 1202 -- 7. The offer from Prince Alexius, December 1202-May 1203 -- 8. The crusade arrives at Constantinople, June 1203 -- 9. The first siege of Constantinople, July 1203 -- 10. Triumph and tensions at Constantinople, July-August 1203 -- 11. The great fire of August 1203 -- 12. The murder of Alexius IV and the descent into war, early 1204 -- 13. The conquest of Constantinople, April 1204 -- 14. The sack of Constantinople, April 1204 -- 15. The end of the fourth crusade and the early years of the Latin Empire, 1204-5 -- 16. The fate of the Latin Empire, 1206-61 -- 17. Afterword -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Vintage Digital
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Subjects: 949.503; RELIGION / History; Crusades -- Fourth, 1202-1204; Crusades; Kruistochten; Plundering; RELIGION / Christianity / General; HISTORY / World; History of religion; General & world history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500; Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1203-1204; Turkey -- Istanbul; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781448114528; 1448114527
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