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Synopsis
The first great city to which the Crusaders came in 1096 was not Jerusalem but Constantinople. Almost as much as Jerusalem itself, Constantinople was the key to the foundation, survival and ultimate eclipse of the crusading kingdom. The Byzantines had developed an ideology over seven hundred years which placed Constantinople, rather than Rome or Jerusalem, at the centre of the world. The attitudes of its rulers reflected this priority, and led to tension with the crusaders over military and diplomatic strategy. At the same time, the riches and sophistication of the great city made a lasting impression on the crusaders. In the end, the lure of the city's wealth was fatal to the claims of Christian unity. In April 1204, the Fourth Crusade under the Venetian doge Enricho Dandolo captured and sacked Constantinople, signalling the effective end of almost a thousand years of Byzantine dominance in the east.
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This book looks at the first great city the crusaders came to in 1089: Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine empire. Almost as much as Jerusalem itself, Constantinople was the key to the foundation, survival, and ultimate eclipse of the crusading kingdom. The Byzantines had developed an ideology over 700 years which placed Constantinople at the center of the world. The attitudes of its rulers reflected this priority, and led to tensions with the crusaders over military and diplomatic strategy. In the end, the lure of the city’s wealth was irresistibly fatal to the claims of Christian unity. In 1204 the Fourth Crusade captured Constantinople, signaling the effective end of almost 1,000 years of Byzantine dominance in the East.
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Jonathan Harris is Senior Lecturer in Byzantine History at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Academic
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1852855010
- ISBN 13 9781852855017
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
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