The Fourth Crusade
Subtitle: The Conquest of Constantinople (The Middle Ages Series)
Edition: Second Edition edition
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780812217131
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; History: World; History; History - General History; Byzantine Empire; Persian Empire; Medieval; Middle East - Turkey; Crusades; History / Medieval; History-Middle East - Turkey
First sentence: In his letter announcing to the patriarch of Jerusalem the death of his predecessor and his own elevation to the papacy on 8 January 1198, Innocent III proclaimed his intention to work for the cause of the Holy Land and the deliverance of Jerusalem.