Medievalists.net » Fourth Crusade http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 What Remains: Women, Relics and Remembrance in the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/remains-women-relics-remembrance-aftermath-fourth-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/remains-women-relics-remembrance-aftermath-fourth-crusade/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:00:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54303 After the fall of Constantinople to the Latin Crusaders in 1204 hundreds of relics were carried into the West as diplomatic gifts, memorabilia and tokens of victory. Yet many relics were alsosent privately between male crusaders and their spouses and female kin.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/23/remains-women-relics-remembrance-aftermath-fourth-crusade/feed/ 0 Redating the East-West Schism: An Examination of the Impact of the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/redating-east-west-schism-examination-impact-sack-constantinople-1204/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/redating-east-west-schism-examination-impact-sack-constantinople-1204/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:27:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51804 Although 1054 is indeed the date most often found on timelines and in textbooks—and therefore the date most often memorized by students of the medieval period—the majority of modern scholars recognize that the East-West Schism was in fact, as Timothy Ware writes, “something that came about gradually, as the result of a long and complicated process.”

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/redating-east-west-schism-examination-impact-sack-constantinople-1204/feed/ 0 The Crusades and the Lost Literature of the Italian Renaissance http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/the-crusades-and-the-lost-literature-of-the-italian-renaissance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/the-crusades-and-the-lost-literature-of-the-italian-renaissance/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:31:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44900 Dr. Brian Jeffrey Maxson describes Biondo Flavio's account of the Fourth Crusade

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/the-crusades-and-the-lost-literature-of-the-italian-renaissance/feed/ 0 The Role of Christian Spirituality in 13th Century Interpretations of the Fall of Constantinople http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/28/the-role-of-christian-spirituality-in-13th-century-interpretations-of-the-fall-of-constantinople/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/28/the-role-of-christian-spirituality-in-13th-century-interpretations-of-the-fall-of-constantinople/#comments Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:04:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43894 Since the focus of the conflict between the crusaders and Constantinople changed from obtaining transportation to Jerusalem to a religious war against the people of Constantinople, it is critical to understand the role of relics in pilgrimage and the concept of how relics were understood to be translated from one owner to another, i.e., furtum sacrum.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/28/the-role-of-christian-spirituality-in-13th-century-interpretations-of-the-fall-of-constantinople/feed/ 0 Venice – obstacle for the Crusades? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/17/venice-obstacle-for-the-crusades/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/17/venice-obstacle-for-the-crusades/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:54:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43654 At first sight, the topic’s title sounds somewhat intriguing. It certainly raises the question: is it possible for the Venetians to regard themselves as an obstacle for such a noble initiative as crusades had been?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/30/russian-pilgrims-in-constantinople/feed/ 0 Through the Eyes of a Crusader: An Intensive Study Into the Personal Involvement of Two Men in the Fourth Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/through-the-eyes-of-a-crusader-an-intensive-study-into-the-personal-involvement-of-two-men-in-the-fourth-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/through-the-eyes-of-a-crusader-an-intensive-study-into-the-personal-involvement-of-two-men-in-the-fourth-crusade/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:54:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35853 What was going through the minds ofthese men who were fighting for the cross when they attacked a Christian city, which was one oftheir allies?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/through-the-eyes-of-a-crusader-an-intensive-study-into-the-personal-involvement-of-two-men-in-the-fourth-crusade/feed/ 0 “For the Honor of God and of the Holy Roman Church:” Understanding Venetian Motivations and Involvement during the Fourth Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/24/for-the-honor-of-god-and-of-the-holy-roman-church-understanding-venetian-motivations-and-involvement-during-the-fourth-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/24/for-the-honor-of-god-and-of-the-holy-roman-church-understanding-venetian-motivations-and-involvement-during-the-fourth-crusade/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:49:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34141 This thesis will attempt to unravel how it came to be that men who claimed to fight in the name of the cross had come to attack one of the most important cities in all of Christendom. It shall focus particularly on the motivations and actions of the Venetians, a people whose involvement in this crusade and the crusading movement in general has often been misunderstood.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/24/for-the-honor-of-god-and-of-the-holy-roman-church-understanding-venetian-motivations-and-involvement-during-the-fourth-crusade/feed/ 0 How did medieval Europeans deal with Greek debt? They sacked their capital city http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/18/how-did-medieval-europeans-deal-with-greek-debt-they-stormed-their-capital-city/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/18/how-did-medieval-europeans-deal-with-greek-debt-they-stormed-their-capital-city/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:02:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31831 The real reason for the diversion to Constantinople in 1203 by the Venetians and the crusaders, and for their subsequent attack on the imperial capital in 1204, was a simpler and, in their minds, increasingly pressing concern: the payment of outstanding debts

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/18/how-did-medieval-europeans-deal-with-greek-debt-they-stormed-their-capital-city/feed/ 0 The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/22/the-fourth-crusade-and-the-sack-of-constantinople/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/11/22/the-fourth-crusade-and-the-sack-of-constantinople/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:34:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27327 Jonathan Phillips sees one of the most notorious events in European history as a typical ‘clash of cultures’

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