1.0Medievalists.nethttps://www.medievalists.netSandra Alvarezhttps://www.medievalists.net/author/sandra-alvarez/"For the Honor of God and of the Holy Roman Church:" Understanding Venetian Motivations and Involvement during the Fourth Crusade - Medievalists.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RsAdZMwRci"><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/for-the-honor-of-god-and-of-the-holy-roman-church-understanding-venetian-motivations-and-involvement-during-the-fourth-crusade/">“For the Honor of God and of the Holy Roman Church:” Understanding Venetian Motivations and Involvement during the Fourth Crusade</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/for-the-honor-of-god-and-of-the-holy-roman-church-understanding-venetian-motivations-and-involvement-during-the-fourth-crusade/embed/#?secret=RsAdZMwRci" width="600" height="338" title="““For the Honor of God and of the Holy Roman Church:” Understanding Venetian Motivations and Involvement during the Fourth Crusade” — Medievalists.net" data-secret="RsAdZMwRci" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/The-Fourth-Crusade.bmp11This 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.