The Fourth Crusade And The Sack Of Constantinople - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

Traces the holy war of 1202 during which zealous western Christians, determined to liberate Jerusalem from Islam, rerouted to Constantinople, where over the course of two years they committed mass rape and murder, plundered churches, and burned countless buildings. 35,000 first printing.

Biografía del autor

Jonathan 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 Defenders of the Holy Land and The Crusades: 1095–1197. Phillips’s articles have appeared in BBC History, History Today, and the Independent.

Phillips is a frequent guest on Radio 4 and BBC World Service, as well as EnglandÂ’s Channel 4, the BBC, The History Channel, and PBS.