The Debate on the Fourth Crusade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12732763 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Harris (0000-0001-6102-0572, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-0542 • E-ISSN: 1478-0542 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2004.00114.x |
| OpenAlex | W2008160093 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article examines attempts over the past 200 years to account for the diversion of the Fourth Crusade to Constantinople and its sack of the city in 1204. While nineteenth‐century scholars dreamed up far‐fetched conspiracy theories, their successors often put the whole thing down to a series of unforeseen accidents. The debate now seems to have reached a stage where historians set the episode in a much wider context and consider a multitude of factors, though the element of chance will probably always have to feature
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Element (criminal law · Feature (linguistics · Multitude · Political science · Set (abstract data type · Byzantine Studies and History · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |