A Crusader’s History of the Sack of Constantinople

[Gunny]

https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/24/crusaders-history-sack-constantinople/

Interesting read from a Crusader presenting an "objective" (according to him) account of the Fourth Crusade. The Pope even excommunicated the Crusaders :laugh:

[fj1200]

The Crusades; a rather ridiculous bit of history IMO.

[Gunny]

The Crusades; a rather ridiculous bit of history IMO.History that changed the World, nonetheless. This particular crusade began over the Great Schism and devolved into mercenary destruction of Constantinople -- the beginning of the end of the Byzantine Empire which eventually ushered in the Ottomans.

Can't say the Fourth Crusade was much of a great idea any way you look at it. Didn't work out for the Pope, nor Western civilization.

[fj1200]

History that changed the World, nonetheless. This particular crusade began over the Great Schism and devolved into mercenary destruction of Constantinople -- the beginning of the end of the Byzantine Empire which eventually ushered in the Ottomans.

Can't say the Fourth Crusade was much of a great idea any way you look at it. Didn't work out for the Pope, nor Western civilization.

This would be an appropriate thread to show the pic I have of the Horns of Hattin. Wrong Crusade though.