Back
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople
Focus mode
Table of Contents
Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople
Geoffroi de Villehardouin
1
THE FIRST PREACHING OF THE CRUSADE
2
OF THOSE WHO TOOK THE CROSS
3
THE CRUSADERS SEND SIX ENVOYS TO VENICE
4
THE ENVOYS ARRIVE IN VENICE, AND PROFFER THEIR REQUEST
5
CONDITIONS PROPOSED BY THE DOGE
6
CONCLUSION OF THE TREATY, AND RETURN OF THE ENVOYS
7
THE CRUSADERS LOOK FOR ANOTHER CHIEF
8
BONIFACE, MARQUIS OF MONTFERRAT, BECOMES CHIEF OF THE CRUSADE—NEW CRUSADERS—DEATH OF GEOFFRY COUNT OF PERCHE
9
FIRST STARTING OF THE PILGRIMS FOR VENICE, AND OF SOME WHO WENT NOT THITHER
10
OF THE PILGRIMS WHO CAME TO VENICE, AND OF THOSE WHO WENT TO APULIA
Reading
11
THE PILGRIMS LACK MONEY WHEREWITH TO PAY THE VENETIANS
12
THE CRUSADERS OBTAIN A RESPITE BY PROMISING TO HELP THE VENETIANS AGAINST ZARA
13
THE DOGE AND A NUMBER OF VENETIANS TAKE THE CROSS
14
MESSAGE OF ALEXIUS, THE SON OF ISAAC, THE DETHRONED EMPEROR OF CONSTANTINOPLE—DEATH OF FULK OF NEUILLY—ARRIVAL OF THE GERMANS
15
THE CRUSADERS LEAVE VENICE TO BESIEGE ZARA
16
THE INHABITANTS OF ZARA OFFER TO CAPITULATE, AND THEN DRAW BACK—ZARA IS TAKEN
17
THE CRUSADERS ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN THE CITYAFFRAY BETWEEN THE VENETIANS AND THE FRANKS
18
ON WHAT CONDITIONS ALEXIUS PROPOSES TO OBTAIN THE HELP OF THE CRUSADERS FOR THE CONQUEST OF CONSTANTINOPLE
19
DISCORD AMONG THE CRUSADERS—OF THOSE WHO ACCEPT THE PROPOSALS OF THE YOUNG ALEXIUS
20
OF THOSE WHO SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM THE HOST TO GO TO SYRIA, AND OF THE FLEET OF THE COUNT OF FLANDERS
21
THE CRUSADERS OBTAIN THE POPE’S ABSOLUTION FOR THE CAPTURE OF ZARA
22
DEPARTURE OF THE CRUSADERS FOR CORFU—ARRIVAL OF THE YOUNG ALEXIUS—CAPTURE OF DURAS
23
HOW THE CHIEFS OF THE CRUSADERS HELD BACK THOSE WHO WANTED TO ABANDON THE HOST
24
DEPARTURE FROM CORFU—CAPTURE OF ANDROS AND ABYDOS
25
ARRIVAL AT ST. STEPHEN—DELIBERATION AS TO PLAN OF ATTACK
26
THE CRUSADERS LAND AT CHALCEDON AND SCUTARI
27
THE FORAGERS DEFEAT THE GREEKS
28
MESSAGE OF THE EMPEROR ALEXIUS—REPLY OF THE CRUSADERS
29
THE CRUSADERS SHOW THE YOUNG ALEXIUS TO THE PEOPLE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, AND PREPARE FOR THE BATTLE
30
THE CRUSADERS SEIZE THE PORT
31
CAPTURE OF THE TOWER OF GALATA
32
ATTACK ON THE CITY BY LAND AND SEA
33
FIRST INCIDENTS OF THE ASSAULT
34
ASSAULT OF THE CITY
35
CAPTURE OF TWENTY-FIVE TOWERS
36
THE EMPEROR ALEXIUS COMES OUT FOR BATTLE, BUT RETIRES WITHOUT ATTACKING
37
ALEXIUS ABANDONS CONSTANTINOPLE—HIS BROTHER ISAAC IS REPLACED ON THE THRONE—THE CRUSADERS SEND HIM A MESSAGE
38
THE EMPEROR ISAAC RATIFIES THE COVENANTS ENTERED INTO BY HIS SON
39
ENTRY OF THE CRUSADERS INTO CONSTANTINOPLE—CORONATION OF THE YOUNG ALEXIUS
40
ALEXIUS BEGS THE CRUSADERS TO PROLONG THEIR STAY
41
DEBATE AMONG THE CRUSADERS—DEATH OF MATTHEW OF MONTMORENCY
42
PROGRESS OF THE YOUNG ALEXIUS THROUGH THE EMPIRE
43
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND LATINS IN CONSTANTINOPLE-BURNING OF THE CITY
44
THE YOUNG ALEXIUS RETURNS TO CONSTANTINOPLIZHE FAILS IN HIS PROMISES TO THE CRUSADERS
45
THE CRUSADERS DEFY THE EMPERORS
46
THE WAR BEGINS—THE GREEKS ENDEAVOUR TO SET FIRE TO THE FLEET OF THE CRUSADERS
47
MOURZUPHLES USURPS THE EMPIRE—ISAAC DIES, AND THE YOUNG ALEXIUS IS STRANGLED
48
THE CRUSADERS CONTINUE THE WAR—DEFEAT OF MOURZUPHLES
49
OF THE PILGRIMS WHO HAD GONE TO SYRIA
50
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FRANKS AND VENETIANS BEFORE ATTACKING CONSTANTINOPLE
51
ATTACK OF THE CRUSADERS REPULSED—THEY MAKE READY FOR ANOTHER ASSAULT
52
THE CRUSADERS TAKE A PART OF THE CITY
53
FLIGHT OF MOURZUPHLES—SECOND FIRE IN CONSTANTINOPLE
54
THE CRUSADERS OCCUPY THE CITY
55
DIVISION OF THE SPOIL
56
BALDWIN, COUNT OF FLANDERS, ELECTED EMPEROR
57
BONIFACE WEDS ISAAC’S WIDOW, AND AFTER BALDWIN’S CORONATION OBTAINS THE KINGDOM OF SALONIKA
58
BALDWIN MARCHES AGAINST MOURZUPHLES
59
MOURZUPHLES TAKES REFUGE WITH ALEXIUS, THE BROTHER OF ISAAC, WHO PUTS OUT HIS EYES
60
BALDWIN MARCHES AGAINST ALEXIUS—HE IS JOINED BY BONIFACE
61
RUPTURE BETWEEN BALDWIN AND BONIFACE—THE ONE MARCHES ON SALONIKA, THE OTHER ON DEMOTICA
62
MESSAGE OF THE CRUSADERS TO BONIFACE—HE SUSPENDS THE SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE
63
MESSAGE OF THE CRUSADERS TO BALDWIN—DEATH OF SEVERAL KNIGHTS
64
BALDWIN’S REPLY TO THE MESSAGE OF THE CRUSADERS
65
RECONCILIATION OF BALDWIN AND BONIFACE
66
THE KINGDOM OF SALONIKA IS RESTORED TO BONIFACE—DIVISION OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE CRUSADERS
67
EXECUTION OF MOURZUPHLES AND IMPRISONMENT OF ALEXIUS
68
CAPTURE OF ABYDOS, OF PHILIPPOPOLIS, AND OF NICOMEDIA—THEODORE LASCARIS PRETENDS TO THE EMPIRE
69
REINFORCEMENTS FROM SYRIA—DEATH OF MARY, THE WIFE OF BALDWIN
70
DEFEAT OF THEODORE AND CONSTANTINE LASCARIS
71
BONIFACE ATTACKS LEON SGURE; HE IS JOINED BY GEOFFRY OF VILLEHARDOUIN, THE NEPHEW
72
EXPLOITS OF WILLIAM OF CHAMPLITTE AND GEOFFRY OF VILLEHARDOUIN, THE NEPHEW, IN MOREA
73
SIEGE OF NAPOLI AND CORINTH; ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND JOHANNIZZA
74
UPRISING OF THE GREEKS AT DEMOTICA AND ADRIANOPLE; THEIR DEFEAT AT ARCADIOPOLIS
75
THE CRUSADERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STRAITS ARE RECALLED TO MARCH ON ADRIANOPLE—EXPEDITION OF GEOFFRY OF VILLEHARDOUIN
76
RENIER OF TRIT ABANDONED AT PHILIPPOPOLIS BY HIS SON AND THE GREATER PART OF HIS PEOPLE
77
BALDWIN UNDERTAKES THE SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE
78
THE SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE CONTINUED WITHOUT RESULT
79
JOHANNIZZA, KING OF WALLACHIA, COMES TO RELIEVE ADRIANOPLE
80
DEFEAT OF THE CRUSADERS—BALDWIN TAKEN PRISONER
81
THE CRUSADERS RAISE THE SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE
82
RETREAT OF THE CRUSADERS
83
PETER OF BRACIEUX AND PAYEN OF ORLEANS MEET THE RETREATING HOST
84
THE HOST REACHES RODOSTO
85
SEVEN THOUSAND PILGRIMS LEAVE THE CRUSADERS
86
MEETING OF MANY OF THE CRUSADERS—HENRY, THE BROTHER OF BALDWIN, IS MADE REGENT
87
RETURN TO CONSTANTINOPLE—APPEALS FOR HELP SENT TO THE POPE, AND TO FRANCE AND TO OTHER LANDS—DEATH OF THE DOGE
88
THE REGENT OBTAINS CERTAIN ADVANTAGES OVER THE GREEKS
89
SERES SURRENDERS TO JOHANNIZZA—HE FORFEITS HIS WORD
90
THE REGENT BESIEGES ADRIANOPLE IN VAIN
91
DESTRUCTION OF PHILIPPOPOLIS BY JOHANNIZZA
92
THE REGENT SETS GARRISONS IN SUCH PLACES AS HE STILL HELD
93
DEFEAT OF THE FRANKS NEAR RUSIUM
94
NEW INVASION OF JOHANNIZZA; RUIN OF NAPOLI
95
DESTRUCTION OF RODOSTO
96
JOHANNIZZA CONTINUES HIS CONQUESTS AND RAVAGES
97
THE GREEKS ARE RECONCILED TO THE CRUSADERS—JOHANNIZZA BESIEGES DEMOTICA
98
THE CRUSADERS MARCH TO THE RELIEF OF DEMOTICA
99
JOHANNIZZA RETREATS, FOLLOWED BY THE CRUSADERS
100
RENIER OF TRIT RELIEVED AND DELIVERED
101
HENRY CROWNED EMPEROR—JOHANNIZZA RAVAGES THE COUNTRY AGAIN—THE EMPEROR MARCHES AGAINST HIM
102
THE EMPEROR MEETS JOHANNIZZA, AND RECAPTURES HIS PRISONERS
103
PROJECTED MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE EMPEROR AND THE DAUGHTER OF BONIFACE—THE CRUSADERS RAVAGE THE LANDS OF JOHANNIZZA
104
THE EMPEROR RESUMES THE WAR AGAINST THEODORE LASCARIS
105
ADVANTAGES OBTAINED BY BONIFACE—MARRIAGE OF HIS DAUGHTER WITH THE EMPEROR
106
THEODORE LASCARIS FORMS AN ALLIANCE WITH JOHANNIZZA
107
SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE BY JOHANNIZZA—SIEGE OF SKIZA AND CIBOTOS BY LASCARIS
108
THE EMPEROR ATTACKS THE FLEET OF THEODORE LASCARIS, AND RESCUES CIBOTOS
109
JOHANNIZZA RAISES THE SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE
110
SKIZA AGAIN BESIEGED BY THEODORE LASCARIS—THE EMPEROR DELIVERS THE CITY
111
THE EMPEROR TWICE DELIVERS NICOMEDIA, BESIEGED BY THEODORE LASCARIS
112
TRUCE WITH THEODORE LASCARIS—THE EMPEROR INVADES THE LANDS OF JOHANNIZZA
113
THE EMPEROR’S FORAGERS SUFFER LOSS
114
HOMAGE RENDERED BY BONIFACE TO THE EMPEROR, AND BY GEOFFRY OF VILLEHARDOUIN TO BONIFACE
115
BONIFACE IS KILLED IN A BATTLE AGAINST THE BULGARIANS
Chapter 10 of 115
OF THE PILGRIMS WHO CAME TO VENICE, AND OF THOSE WHO WENT TO APULIA
Today's free reading is done
Sign up free to keep reading — unlimited, with every learning tool unlocked.
Side-by-side reading
· Original and translation, paragraph by paragraph
Tap any word
· Instant dictionary while you read
Your vocabulary list
· Save words, export to Anki — and read without limits
Sign up free and continue
Already have an account? Log in