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| Battle of Adrianople 1205 - Fourth Crusade |
| 2021-10-20 |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 The message: don't fokk over Venice. Message delivered n received. Sure Venice could have weathered the default, but why should they have to? |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2021-10-20 13:44 |
| #2 City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas by Roger Crowly Covers that episode and more. Highly recommended. Crowly does an excellent job presenting the situation in a neutral tone, but I still came away with the same opinion as Woodrow, that Venice could have survived a default on payment, perhaps even making up the loss, but Constantinople would be critically hobbled from a sacking, but there was profit to be made, an insta army available, and East/West Christian cultures anyways.. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-10-20 12:49 |
| #1 The Battle of Adrianople occurred around Adrianople on April 14, 1205 between Bulgarians, Vlachs and Cumans under Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under Baldwin I, who only months before had been crowned Emperor of Constantinople, allied with Venetians[2] under Doge Enrico Dandolo. It was won by the Bulgarians, Vlachs and Cumans after a successful ambush.[3] 4000 300 heavy knights (mainly from France) French. explains it. the Crusaders, who could not repay the leases on Venetian shipping, the Doge of Venice, Enrico Dandolo, suggested that the armies of the Fourth Crusade deviate from their intended goal of Jerusalem. Instead of continuing onwards, on the 12–13 April, year 1204 AD, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, was captured and sacked. Numerous cultural treasures were either destroyed or stolen, such as sacred texts, relics, manuscripts, icons, archives, works of art, as well as much wealth. The heart of Orthodox Christianity suffered irreparable damage, both from the sack, and the fires caused by the Crusader siege, which torched more than 2/3 of the city. Asshats. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2021-10-20 12:00 |