1st Edition
The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions Papers from the Sixth Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, Istanbul, Turkey, 25-29 August 2004
Edited By Thomas F. Madden
Copyright 2008
208 Pages
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Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Fourth Crusade (1201-1204), launched to restore Jerusalem to Christian control, veered widely off course, finally landing at Constantinople which it conquered and sacked. The effects of the crusade were far-reaching during the Middle Ages and remain powerful even today, which explains the continued vibrancy of its historiography. This volume, based on studies presented at the Sixth Conference... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Event: Richard I and the early evolution of the 4th crusade, Vincent Ryan; Venise et son arrière-pays au temps de la quatrième croisade, Pierre Racine; The '4 crusades' of 1204, Marco Meschini. Aftermath: The Latin empire of Constantinople's fractured foundation: the rift between Boniface of Montferrat and Baldwin of Flanders, Thomas F. Madden; The Greeks of Constantinople under Latin rule 1204-1261, David Jacoby; The effects of the 4th crusade on European gold coinage, Robert D. Leonard Jr. Perceptions: The Translatio Symonensis and the 7 thieves: a Venetian 4th crusade Furta Sacra narrative and the looting of Constantinople, David M. Perry; Between justification and glory: the Venetian Chronicles' view of the 4th crusade, Serban Marin; Per Innocenzo III i Cristiani Latini 'peggiori degli altri': l'anno 1204. Un sintomo di nuova cultura, Guilio Cipollone; Aux sources de la chronique en prose française: entre déculturation et acculturation, Cyril Aslanov; Arab perspectives on the 4th crusade, William J. Hamblin; Index.
Biography
Thomas F. Madden is Professor in the Department of History, Saint Louis University, USA.
