Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople

On August 15, 1199, Pope Innocent III called for a renewed effort to deliver Jerusalem from the Infidel, but the Fourth Crusade had a very different outcome from the one he preached. Proceeding no further than Constantinople, the Crusaders sacked the capital of eastern Christendom and installed a Latin ruler on the throne of Byzantium. This revised and expanded edition ofThe Fourth Crusadegives fresh emphasis to events in Byzantium and the Byzantine response to the actions of the Crusaders. Included in this edition is a chapter on the sack of Constantinople and the election of its Latin emperor. A History Book Club selection.

Donald E. Queller was Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; among his other books are The Office of the Ambassador in the Middle Ages and The Venetian Patriciate: Reality Versus Myth. Thomas F. Madden is Associate Professor of History at St. Louis University.

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
The Preaching and Taking of the Cross	p. 1
The Ill-fated Treaty of Venice, 1201	p. 9
The Election of Boniface of Montferrat	p. 21
The Poverty of the Army at Venice	p. 40
The Conquest of Zara	p. 55
The Treaty of Zara	p. 79
The Taking of the Tower of Galata	p. 101
The First Conquest of Constantinople	p. 119
The Uneasy Alliance of Latins and Greeks	p. 135
"And So Began the War ..."	p. 148
The Second Conquest of Constantinople	p. 172
The Devastation of Constantinople	p. 193
List of Abbreviations	p. 205
Notes	p. 207
Bibliography	p. 299
Essay on Primary Sources	p. 299
Primary Sources	p. 313
Essay on Literature	p. 318
Literature	p. 325
Index	p. 345
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