The Worst Crusade: When Constantinople Fell to Its Christian Allies 

In 1204, crusaders on route to the Holy Land sacked the city of Constantinople. The great capital of the Byzantine Empire was weakened and set on a path which led to its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks while the schism between Eastern and Western Christianity was solidified. What went wrong? The Crusades are generally seen as a misguided outcome of Medieval Western Christian religious enthusiasm with few positive, lasting results. But even within the context of the times, the Fourth Crusade has stood out as a particularly dark chapter. John Hamer of Toronto Centre Place will look at the context of Fourth Crusade, its events, and its legacies.
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Other topics covered in this lecture include:
Holy Roman Empire
Republic of Venice
Byzantine Empire
Ayyubid Sultanate
Middle Ages
Pope Innocent III
People’s Crusade
Christian Schism
Medieval History
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