Η άλωση της Κωνσταντινούπολης το 1204 κατά τις δυτικές πηγές : ερμηνευτική προσέγγιση στο ζήτημα της «εκτροπής»
Part of : Εγνατία ; No.8, 2004, pages 17-53
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The fall of Constantinople in 1204 according to western sources : the reasons for the "diversion"
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The writer uses the chronographical works of Geoffroy de Villehardouyn and Robert de Clari, papal documents, and Venetian chronicles to establish the reasons why the Fourth Crusade was diverted from Jerusalem to Constantinople and identify those responsible for the diversion. Basing his arguments on a combination of the relevant testimonies and observations made in earlier studies, he clarifies the roles played by the Venetians and their doge; Pope Innocent III; the feudatories of France and Flanders; the leader of the Crusade, Boniface III, Marquis of Montferrat; the Byzantine prince Alexios (the future Emperor Alexios IV); and the pretender to the throne of the Holy German Empire, Philip of Schwaben. A special chapter is devoted to the ideological motives behind the diversion, i.e. the justice of a ‘just war’.The writer concludes by evaluating and appraising all the factors which played a part in this major event of the Middle Ages, the conquest of Constantinople by the Christian Crusaders.
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