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rift with Baldwin
routs Murtzuphlus’ attack
suppresses bull of anathema
and the surrender of Constantinople
takes the cross
tours provinces
visits abbey of Citeaux
visits German Empire
Bulgaria
Bush, George W.
Byzantine army
counter-attack
defend walls
first engagement
raid at Tower of Galata
strength
withdraw from amphibious landing
Byzantine Empire
military strength
naval forces
relations with the West
situation, late twelfth century
split with Catholic Church
view of crusaders
castles, decoration of halls
Celestine III, Pope
Chalcedon, palace of
charters
chivalry
Chrétien de Troyes
Church, the: see also Innocent III, Pope
importance of
schism with Greek Orthodox Church
views on tournaments
Cistercian order
Citeaux, abbey of
Clarendon Palace
Cluny, abbey of
coinage
Compiègne, planning meeting at
Conon of Béthune
demands Alexius fulfils obligations
on departure
Conrad III, King of Germany
Conrad, marquis of Montferrat
Conrad, bishop of Halberstadt
on Corfu
imperial elector
returns home
seizes relics
Constantine Ducas
Constantine Lascaris
Constantinople
anti-crusader feeling
anti-western attitudes
assaults of 1204
the Blachernae palace
the Bucoleon palace
churches
churches looted
civic unrest
condition on Baldwin’s election
crusaders break into, 1204
crusaders enter, 1203
defences
fire of 1204
fire of August 1203
first engagement at
first siege of, 1203
diplomatic negotiations
crusader organisation
preparations
amphibious assault
assault on the Tower of Galata
crusader fleet breaks into the Golden Horn
crusaders cross the Golden Horn
crusaders outside city walls
crusaders fortify camp
assault
fires set
Byzantine counter-attack
Byzantine withdrawal
Isaac restored to the throne
fora
(public squares)
(public squares)
the Golden Gate
the Great Palace
Greeks reclaim
the Hagia Sophia
the Hippodrome
living conditions
massacre
merchant community attacked, 1182
morale, 1204
the
Mouchroutas
Mouchroutas
and Murtzuphlus
Pantepoptes, monastery of the
political degeneration
population
preparations for defence, 1204
provision for in ‘The March Pact’
relations with crusaders break down
relations with the West
relics
rival emperor emerges
sacked
surrender of
Venetian involvement in
walls
water supply
Constantine, Emperor
Corfu
courtly love
Crete
Crusader States
crusaders
achievement
Alexius pays
alternative travel arrangements
arrival at Constantinople
arrival at Zara
assault Constantinople, 1204
atrocities
attacking Christian lands
behaviour
breakdown of relations with Byzantines
break into Constantinople
Burgundian contingent
call for additional recruits
capabilities
chevauchée
clergy justify assaults of 1204
at Constantinople
contractual obligations
on Corfu
costs
decision to attack Zara
demand Alexius fulfils obligations
departure from Venice
departure from Zara
desertions
dissension over the offer from Alexius
division of spoils
effect of decision to assist Alexius
election of Latin emperor
enter Constantinople
envoys visit Isaac
families
fire ship attack on fleet
first engagement at Constantinople
Flemish contingent
foraging party attacked
fortify camp
fragmentation at Zara
funding
German contingent
Greek view of
guilt
informed of Isaac’s restoration
justification for actions
leaders accept Alexius’s offer
leaders’ letter to the West
leadership
leadership crisis
‘The March Pact’
morale
motivation
Murtzuphlus attack on
numbers
and the offer from Alexius
organisation at first siege
plans
preparations
preparations for assault, 1204
psychological effects on
quality of cavalry
released from vows
renown
request help from pope
response to Dandolo’s demands
return home
returning from Holy Land
rewards
sack Constantinople
seek absolution for the siege of Zara
sexual violence
shortfall in arrivals at Venice
situation, 1204
and the surrender of Constantinople
terms offered to Murtzuphlus
training
at Venice
view of Greeks
voyage to Constantinople
voyage to Zara
at Zara
crusades
First (1095—9)
Second (1145—9)
Third (1189—92)
Seventh (1248—54)
as act of absolution
Albigensian
attacking Christian lands
costs
in defence of Latin Empire
duration of
expansion of
experience of combat
forces
German
mortality rates
numbering system
Peoples’
perception of
Cumans, the
Cyprus
Dandolo, Doge Enrico
and Adrianople
announces terms of treaty
appeal to Alexius to fulfil obligations
arranges acceptance of Treaty
and the attack on Egypt.
Baldwin’s commendation
blindness
and the Byzantine counter attack
character
at Constantinople
crusader envoys’ request for assistance
death of
demands payment
desire to go on crusade
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