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Site of memory · The Crusades, 1095–1291
The sack of Zara
Nov 1202 — to work off the debt, the crusaders storm a Christian, Catholic city for Venice — and are excommunicated for it. The first wrong turn; the rest follow more easily. A site of memory.
This is one scene of Chapter 8 — The Fourth Crusade — The Wrong Ending in The Crusades, 1095–1291.
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