The sack of the richest city in Christendom, which had been the bribe offered to the crusaders to violate their oaths, was made in the spirit of men
Over Constantinople’s Wall
The inhabitants were at length awakened out of the dream of security into which seventeen unsuccessful attempts to capture the New Rome had lulled
Constantinople Taken by the Western Crusaders
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Assault Begins from Sea.IntroductionThe Fourth Crusade was a disaster.
The Venice – Ottoman Trade
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their World History Series, #19.In which John Green discusses the strange and
Venice Founded – 7
Today's installment concludes Venice Founded,the name of our combined selection from Thomas Hodgkin and John Ruskin. The concluding installment, by
Venice Founded – 6
When the eye falls casually on a map of Europe, there is no feature by which it is more likely to be arrested than the strange sweeping loop formed by
Venice Founded – 5
As the boat drew nearer to the city, the coast which the traveler had just left sank behind him into one long, low, sad-colored line, tufted
Venice Founded – 4
The dim religious light, half revealing the slowly gathered glories of St. Mark's; the Ducal Palace, that history in stone; the Rialto, with the
Venice Founded – 3
For our present purpose and as a worker out of Venetian history, Po, notwithstanding the far greater volume of his waters, is of less importance than