{"product_id":"the-fourth-crusade-and-the-sack-of-constantinople-paperback","title":"The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1202, zealous Western Christians gathered in Venice determined to liberate Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But the crusaders never made it to the Holy Land. Steered forward by the shrewd Venetian doge, they descended instead on Constantinople, wreaking terrible devastation. The crusaders spared no one: They raped and massacred thousands, plundered churches, and torched the lavish city. By 1204, one of the great civilizations of history had been shattered. Here, on the eight hundredth anniversary of the sack, is the extraordinary story of this epic catastrophe, told for the first time outside of academia by Jonathan Phillips, a leading expert on the crusades. Knights and commoners, monastic chroniclers, courtly troubadours, survivors of the carnage, and even Pope Innocent III left vivid accounts detailing the events of those two fateful years. Using their remarkable letters, chronicles, and speeches, Phillips traces the way in which any region steeped in religious fanaticism, in this case Christian Europe, might succumb to holy war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Phillips, a senior lecturer in medieval history at Royal Holloway, University of London, is the author of a number of books on the crusades, including \u003cb\u003eDefenders of the Holy Land\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Crusades: 1095-1197\u003c\/b\u003e. Phillips's articles have appeared in \u003cb\u003eBBC History\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eIndependent\u003c\/b\u003e. Phillips is a frequent guest on Radio 4 and BBC World Service, as well as England's Channel 4, the BBC, The History Channel, and PBS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 374\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.92 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52631772954931,"sku":"9780143035909","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d95uvdsJhh9780143035909.webp?v=1762188856","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-fourth-crusade-and-the-sack-of-constantinople-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}