The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople (67 page)

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Authors: Jonathan Phillips

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and the election for emperor
 
and the execution of Murtzuphlus
 
at first siege
 
galleys
 
Hugh of Saint-Pol’s praise of
 
influence
 
justification for attack on Zara
 
and ‘The March Pact’
 
motivation for attacking Constantinople
 
negotiations with Murtzuphlus
 
and the offer from Alexius
 
parades Prince Alexius
 
proposes attack on Zara no
 
reform of Venetian coinage
 
request for absolution
 
role
 
scale of commitment
 
and the siege of Zara
 
takes the cross
 
visit to Egypt
 
Demotika
 
Devastatio Constantinopolitana
 
on crusader atrocities
 
on the crusaders at Venice
 
on the division of spoils
 
on the size of the fleet
 
and the offer from Alexius
 
on the siege of Zara
 
disease
 
Dorylaeum, Battle of, 1097
 
Durazzo
 
 
Ecry-sur-Aisne, tournament at
 
Egypt
 
plan to invade
 
prosperity of
 
Eleanor of France (Aquitaine), Queen
 
Emico of Hungary, King
 
Enguerrand of Boves
 
Enrico Dandolo, Doge: see Dandolo, Doge Enrico
 
equipment, personalisation of
 
Erec and Énidé
(Chrétien of Troyes)
 
Eustace of Canteleux
 
Eustathios of Thessalonica
 
 
Frederick Barbarossa, Emperor of Germany
 
French contingent
 
Burgundian nobles take the cross
 
departure
 
and the offer from Alexius
 
riot at Zara
 
share of spoils
 
take the cross
 
Fulcher of Chartres
 
Fulk of Neuilly
 
 
Garnier, bishop of Troyes
 
Genoa
 
contract with France, 1190
 
cross-cultural trade
 
forces at Constantinople
 
Geoffrey of Beaumont
 
Geoffrey of Monmouth
 
Geoffrey of Perche, Count
 
Geoffrey of Rancon
 
Geoffrey of Villehardouin
 
addresses the people of Venice
 
and Adrianople
 
on Alexius’s treatment of Murtzuphlus
 
on Alexius’s request for support
 
on anti-crusader feeling
 
on the assaults of 1204
 
assessment of his story
 
audience with Isaac
 
background
 
and Baldwin’s rift with Boniface
 
on the Byzantine counter-attack
 
on the Byzantine withdrawal
 
on Constantinople
 
on Corfu
 
crosses the Alps
 
on crusader plans
 
and the crusaders returning from the Holy Land
 
on Dandolo
 
demands Alexius fulfils obligations
 
on departure
 
on dissension over the offer from Alexius
 
on the election for emperor
 
on the execution of Murtzuphlus
 
on the fire of 1204
 
and the fire of August, 1203
 
on the fire ship attack
 
and the first siege
 
on Isaac’s restoration
 
on the massacre
 
meeting with Walter of Brienne
 
on negotiations with Venetians
 
and the offer from Alexius
 
overestimation of numbers
 
on the palace of Chalcedon
 
persuades Louis of Blois to join army at Venice
 
and the plan to attack Egypt
 
on relics
 
on the sack of Constantinople
 
and the shortfall in arrivals at Venice
 
and the siege of Zara
 
on support for Alexius
 
on Thibaut’s death
 
on the tournament at Écry
 
and the Treaty of Venice
 
on the Venitian fleet
 
on volume of spoils
 
on the voyage to Constantinople
 
Geoffrey II of Villehardouin
 
George Akropolites
 
Gerald of Wales
 
German Empire
 
Gervase of Bazoches
 
Gesta Francorum
 
Gesta Innocenti
 
Gilbert of Aalst
 
Gislebert of Mons
 
Godfrey of Bouillon
 
Golden Horn, the
 
chain
 
crusaders cross
 
defences
 
Greek Fire
 
Greek Orthodox Church
 
legacy of the sack of Constantinople
 
schism with Rome
 
Gregory VIII, Pope I
 
Guibert of Nogent
 
Guige of Forez, Count
 
Gunther of Pairis
 
on the assault of 1204
 
on the conquest of Constantinople
 
on Dandolo
 
on Martin of Pairis
 
and the offer from Alexius
 
and the plan to attack Egypt
 
on the sack of Constantinople
 
on the siege of Zara
 
Guy of Coucy
 
Guy of Pesmes
 
Guy of Rochefort
 
Guy of Vaux-Cernay, Abbot
 
Guy Trousseau of Montlhéry
 
 
Hattin, Battle of, 1187
 
hell, fear of
 
Henry III, King of England
 
Henry VI, Emperor of Germany
 
Henry of Champagne, Count
 
Henry of Champagne II, Count
 
Henry of Flanders
 
appointed regent
 
coronation of
 
as emperor
 
enters the Blachernae palace
 
at first siege
 
and the foraging party
 
tours provinces
 
Holy Land
 
horses transport of
 
Hugh of Berzé, Count
 
Hugh of Saint-Pol, Count
 
account of the Byzantine counter-attack 180
 
on age of crusaders
 
on Alexius
 
appeal to keep crusaders together
 
and the Byzantine counter-attack
 
on the Byzantine withdrawal
 
on the celebration feast
 
on crusaders’ achievements
 
on Dandolo
 
death of
 
debts
 
and the first siege
 
on Greeks
 
justification for actions
 
and ‘The March Pact’
 
and the offer from Alexius
 
persuades Louis of Blois to join army at Venice
 
rewards Aleaumes of Clari
 
on support for Alexius
 
tours provinces
 
Hugh of Vaudémont, Count
 
Humbert of Romans
 
 
Iberian peninsula
 
Ibn Jubayr
 
Ingeborg of Denmark, Princess
 
Innocent, Pope
 
agenda
 
appeal for new crusade
 
appeal to Philip of France
 
appeal to Richard I
 
appearance and character
 
asks Fulk of Neuilly to preach the crusade
 
attempt to reconcile Greek and Catholic Churches
 
attitude to Alexius III
 
audience with Boniface
 
and the battle of Adrianople
 
criticism of Dandolo
 
criticism of the Venetians
 
and cross-cultural trade
 
and Dandolo’s request for absolution
 
forbids tournaments
 
on the Fourth Crusade
 
informed of fall of Constantinople
 
and the Latin Empire
 
launches Albigensian Crusade
 
letters
 
limitations on authority
 
and the offer from Alexius
 
and Philip of France
 
reaction to capture of Constantinople
 
and the release of crusaders from their vow
 
and the sack of Constantinople
 
and the siege of Zara
 
and the Venetian patriarchal election
 
Isaac II Angelos, Emperor

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