Byzantium and the Crusades
- ISBN-10
- 1852855010
- ISBN-13
- 9781852855017
- Series
- Byzantium and the Crusades
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 259
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-08-15
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Jonathan Harris
Description
The first great city to which the Crusaders came in 1089 was not Jerusalem but Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Almost as much as Jerusalem itself, Constantinople was the key to the foundation, survival and ultimate eclipse of the crusading kingdom.
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