Title: The Fourth Crusade : the conquest of Constantinople /
Authors: Queller, Donald E.; Madden, Thomas F.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Crusades; Civilization, Medieval; Military history, Medieval; Istanbul (Turkey) History
Contents: The preaching and taking of the cross -- The ill-fated Treaty of Venice, 1201 -- The election of Boniface of Montferrat -- The poverty of the army at Venice -- The conquest of Zara -- The Treaty of Zara -- The taking of the tower of Galata -- The first conquest of Constantinople -- The uneasy alliance of Latins and Greeks -- "And so began the war ..." -- The second conquest of Constantinople -- The devastation of Constantinople.