Jan 3, 2010
Salem on History | Knights of the Fourth Crusade Capture Constantinople
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Military History, Economics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Crusades, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Catholic Church, Catholics, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History
- Geographical Location: Europe, Turkey, Constantinople, Istanbul
- Date: 1204
Article abstract: The knights of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople, ushering in the triumph of militant Latin Catholicism
and establishing Western political and economic power over the Byzantine Empire.
Summary of Event
The fall of Constantinople in 1204 was the culmination of a long historical process of Byzantine decline and the
ascendancy of Western political, military, economic, and religious power in the eastern Mediterranean. Beginning with the
First Crusade in 1096, Byzantium feared that the knights were as often interested in taking...
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