Medieval Peloponnese - Despotate of the Morea, Principality of Achaea, Fourth Crusade, Gemistus Pletho, Ancient Corinth, Ottoman-Venetian War (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Despotate of the Morea, Principality of Achaea, Fourth Crusade, Gemistus Pletho, Ancient Corinth, Ottoman-Venetian War, Duchy of Athens, War of the Euboeote Succession, Chronicle of the Morea, Battle of Prinitza, Battle of Makryplagi, Chlemoutsi, Krokodeilos Kladas, Mystras, Leo Sgouros, Battle of Manolada, William of Moerbeke, Morea revolt, Cleofa Malatesta, Melingoi, Peloponnese, Andronikos Asen, Glarentza, Lordship of Salona, Passavas, Zarakas Monastery, Philip of Lagonesse, William I de la Roche, Argos and Nauplia, Manuel Kantakouzenos, Araklovon Castle, Galeran of Ivry, Ezeritai, Nicholas II of Saint Omer, Michael Kantakouzenos, Nicholas III of Saint Omer, Doxapatres Boutsaras, Graitzas Palaiologos, Argyrokastro Castle, Centurione I Zaccaria, Battle of Sapienza. Excerpt: The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Christian (Eastern Orthodox) city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire). This is seen as one of the final acts in the Great Schism between the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. The crusaders established the Latin Empire (1204-1261) and other "Latin" states in the Byzantine lands they conquered. After the limited success of the Third Crusade (1189-1192), there was little interest in Europe for another crusade against the Muslims. The crusaders had lost Jerusalem to the Ayyubid dynasty, which ruled all of Syria and Egypt, and only a few cities along the coast were still held by the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, now centered on Acre. The Third Crusade had also established a kingdom on Cyprus. Pope Innocent III succeeded to the papacy in 1198, and the preaching of a new crusade became...