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Why did the 4th crusade fail/get diverted to Constantinople (Actions of…
Why did the 4th crusade fail/get diverted to Constantinople
Greed
Capture and sack of Constantinople brought the crusade to a halt in April 1204
Lack of manpower
Debt to Venice pad by attacking Zara
Over estimation of numbers (exp, 33500but got 11000)
Failure to secure expected numbers (1/3 of expected people,had a shortfall of 35,000 marks)
Actions of Alexius the younger
Hagenau plot - 1201 Alexus escaped captivity and sought help from sister and her husband (Eirene and Philip of Swabia)
Plot: Deliberately divert crusade (Boniface present)
Meeting crusaders at Zara- met in 1203 and promised 200,000 marks and 100,000 men in return for help against Emperor Alexius
Byz wealth would've helped financial crisis
Failure of Alexius- didn't meet agreement 1203-4 crusader=angry. Alexius is overthrown and killed by coup (1204) and new Emperor Alexius V refuses to pay. Crusaders sack the city in 1204
Decline of relations with Byz- growing intolerance and political and religious antipathy between East and West
Bas relationship with Greeks made it unlikely that the crusaders would divert crusade solely at the request of Byz
Actions of leadership
Pope Innocent III
At first, congratulated taking Constantinople, then heard of the atrocities there are and condemned it
1202-threatened Alexius with crusade using diversion of Constantinople as a threat
Called the crusade
Uniting of the churches = Pope's ultimate goal
Could not control the crusade and did not participate
Enrico Dandoldo & Venetians
Dandolo's diversion to Constantinople for trading rights and privileges
Created diversion to Zara for the payment of finance
Over estimated the number of crusaders