The Fourth Crusade: Event and Context

by Michael Angold

Book Overview

The Fourth Crusade (1202-4) was one of the key events in medieval history

The fall of Constantinople to the Venetians and the soldiers of the fourth crusade in April 1204 was its climax. It ensured that Byzantium's days as a great power were over. It equally ensured that westerners would dominate the Levant - the lands of the old Byzantine Empire -until the end of the middle ages. This book asks just how important was the Fourth as a turning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582356105
• ISBN13: 9780582356108
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"