Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath, and Perceptions

Thomas F. Madden is Professor in the Department of History, Saint Louis University, USA.

• Contents: Introduction; Event: Richard I and the early evolution of the 4th crusade, Vincent Ryan; Venise et son arrière-pays au temps de la quatrième croisade, Pierre Racine; The '4 crusades' of 1204, Marco Meschini. Aftermath: The Latin empire of Constantinople's fractured foundation: the rift between Boniface of Montferrat and Baldwin of Flanders, Thomas F. Madden; The Greeks of Constantinople under Latin rule 1204-1261, David Jacoby; The effects of the 4th crusade on European gold coinage, Robert D. Leonard Jr. Perceptions: The Translatio Symonensis and the 7 thieves: a Venetian 4th crusade Furta Sacra narrative and the looting of Constantinople, David M. Perry; Between justification and glory: the Venetian Chronicles' view of the 4th crusade, Serban Marin; Per Innocenzo III i Cristiani Latini 'peggiori degli altri': l'anno 1204. Un sintomo di nuova cultura, Guilio Cipollone; Aux sources de la chronique en prose française: entre déculturation et acculturation, Cyril Aslanov; Arab perspectives on the 4th crusade, William J. Hamblin; Index.