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The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople (Middle Ages)
The Fourth Crusade The Conquest of Constantinople - Middle Ages Author:Donald E. Queller, Thomas F. Madden On August 15, 1199, Pope Innocent III called for a renewed effort to deliver Jerusalem from the Infidel, but the Fourth Crusade had a very different outcome from the one he preached. Proceeding no further than Constantinople, the Crusaders sacked the capital of eastern Christendom and installed a Latin ruler on the throne of Byzantium.