Crusades · TURNING POINT ·
Alexios IV’s offer to the crusaders (1203)
On the Crusades map as “The pretender’s bargain”
1203 — a deposed Byzantine prince, Alexios, promises money, men and Church union if the crusade restores him. It sails to Constantinople to collect. When the promises prove empty, the army turns on the city.
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- Fourth Crusade (chapter 8 of Crusades)
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- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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