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Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople - by Geoffrey de Villehardouin - Translated by Frank T. Marzials - London: J.M. Dent, 1908
THE FIRST PREACHING OF THE CRUSADE
OF THOSE WHO TOOK THE CROSS
THE CRUSADERS SEND SIX ENVOYS TO VENICE
THE ENVOYS ARRIVE IN VENICE, AND PROFFER THEIR REQUEST
CONDITIONS PROPOSED BY THE DOGE
CONCLUSION OF THE TREATY, AND RETURN OF THE ENVOYS
THE CRUSADERS LOOK FOR ANOTHER CHIEF
BONIFACE, MARQUIS OF MONTFERRAT, BECOMES CHIEF OF THE CRUSADE—NEW CRUSADERS—DEATH OF GEOFFRY COUNT OF PERCHE
FIRST STARTING OF THE PILGRIMS FOR VENICE, AND OF SOME WHO WENT NOT THITHER
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (291K characters)
Release date
2004-07-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1150–1212
A knight and marshal of Champagne, he left one of the most vivid firsthand accounts of the Fourth Crusade. His chronicle stands out for its direct, practical voice and for the rare view it gives into medieval politics and warfare.
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