Anti-Western riots broke out on this day in Constantinople in 1203
The Fourth Crusade vividly demonstrated how estranged Western and Eastern Christians had become since the eleventh-century schism. Toward the end of the twelfth century, it became clear that Byzantium could not compete economically against the Italian maritime republics. The frustration o…
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