Daily Medieval

We saw yesterday that very early in 1204 Isaac and Alexios were holed up in the Palace of Blachernae against the upset citizenry, who held ...

As we saw in yesterday's post, Venice was able to coerce the members of the Fourth Crusade to winter over in Zara (a Dalmatian city now ...

I wrote about Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of Venice, 10 years ago here , but let's look at the man who "imprisoned" the Fourth Cr...

The influence of Byzantine art and culture on Italy (especially in the 13th century) was discussed yesterday , and I referred obliquely to a...

[see Part 1 here and Part 2 here , the intermezzo , and Part 3 here ] With former Emperor Isaac II Angelos dead at the end of January ...

[see Part 1 here and Part 2 here ] [Meanwhile, In Constantinople...] Alexios IV Emperor Alexios III Angelos (c.1153-1211) over...

[see Part 1 here ] From Venice to Zara, and later to Constantinople Those members of the 4th Crusade who went to Venice were lodged ...

The Kingdom of Jerusalem, established after the First Crusade by Europeans, had been re-conquered by Saladin in 1187. Much of that was rec...

Plaque on the site of Montfort's death Simon de Montfort has been mentioned before, opposing Henry III , but that was the 6th Earl ...

This past Saturday, the 21st of June, was the anniversary of the death of Enrico Dandolo, the 42nd Doge of Venice. His tenure as Doge had...