History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 76 the fourth crusade Roman numeral 7.

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Now for those who don't follow the podcast on Facebook or Twitter and have been wondering

why there hasn't been an episode for the past few weeks?

Well, my laptop died unexpectedly just before I was due to post episode 76,

taking the episode with it. I had to purchase a replacement laptop and

decided to take the plunge and upgrade my recording equipment at the same time.

Hopefully you can detect some improvement. I also took some time to ponder the future of the podcast and I'll let you know more about that when I finish the Fourth Crusade.

Right, with no further ado, let's get on to episode 76.

Hello again.

Last time we saw the Crusaders and Venetians attack the Northwestern Point of the

city of Constantinople in a military campaign known as the first

Siege of Constantinople. By the end of the last episode the Crusaders hadn't managed to breach the formidable

walls of the city, but the black and a quarter of the town had been burnt, and Emperor

Alexius III had fled, abandoning Constantinople to her fate.

As dawn broke on the 18th of July, 1203, the unthinkable situation began to reveal itself to the officials in the imperial

bureaucracy inside Constantinople.

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