Autumn – Prince
Alexios Angelos, son of the deposed, blinded and imprisoned late Emperor
Isaac II Angelos, escapes from Constantinople. He makes his way to
Sicily and then
Rome where he is turned away by Pope
Innocent III. Next, Alexios travels to the court of his brother-in-law,
Philip of Swabia, the King of
Germany, who receives him well.[3]
Europe
Spring – A treaty is signed between the Crusade leaders and
Venice. Doge
Enrico Dandolo agrees to manufacture a fleet capable of transporting the Crusader army to the
Levant, and to provide provisions for 33,500 men and 4,500 horses, for the price of 85,000 silver marks while Venice will also take half of whatever the expedition conquers. As part of this deal the Venetians will provide – at their own expense – sufficient ships to carry the Crusader forces, plus 50 galleys to defend it.[4]
King
John (Lackland) puts an embargo on wheat exported to
Flanders, in an attempt to force an allegiance between the states. He also puts a levy of a fifteenth on the value of cargo exported to
France and disallows the export of wool to France without a special license. The levies are enforced in each port by at least six men – including one churchman and one knight. John affirms that judgments made by the court of
Westminster are as valid as those made "before the king himself or his chief justice".[6]
^Angold, Michael (2005). "Byzantine politics vis-à-vis the Fourth Crusade", in
Laiou, Angeliki E. (ed.), Urbs capta: the Fourth Crusade and its consequences, Paris: Lethielleux, pp. 55–68.
ISBN2-283-60464-8.
^Brand, Charles M. (1968). Byzantium confronts the West, 1180–1204, pp. 123–124. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
^David Nicolle (2011). Osprey: Campaign - Nr. 237. The Fourth Crusade 1202–04. The betrayal of Byzantium, p. 43.
ISBN978-1-84908-319-5.
^David Nicolle (2011). Osprey: Campaign - Nr. 237. The Fourth Crusade 1202–04. The betrayal of Byzantium, p. 42.
ISBN978-1-84908-319-5.
^Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 94.
ISBN978-0-241-29877-0.
^Warren, W. L. (1961). King John. University of California Press. pp. 122–31.
^Burgtorf, Jochen (2016). "The Antiochene war of succession". In Boas, Adrian J. (ed.). The Crusader World. The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 196–211.
ISBN978-0-415-82494-1.
Autumn – Prince
Alexios Angelos, son of the deposed, blinded and imprisoned late Emperor
Isaac II Angelos, escapes from Constantinople. He makes his way to
Sicily and then
Rome where he is turned away by Pope
Innocent III. Next, Alexios travels to the court of his brother-in-law,
Philip of Swabia, the King of
Germany, who receives him well.[3]
Europe
Spring – A treaty is signed between the Crusade leaders and
Venice. Doge
Enrico Dandolo agrees to manufacture a fleet capable of transporting the Crusader army to the
Levant, and to provide provisions for 33,500 men and 4,500 horses, for the price of 85,000 silver marks while Venice will also take half of whatever the expedition conquers. As part of this deal the Venetians will provide – at their own expense – sufficient ships to carry the Crusader forces, plus 50 galleys to defend it.[4]
King
John (Lackland) puts an embargo on wheat exported to
Flanders, in an attempt to force an allegiance between the states. He also puts a levy of a fifteenth on the value of cargo exported to
France and disallows the export of wool to France without a special license. The levies are enforced in each port by at least six men – including one churchman and one knight. John affirms that judgments made by the court of
Westminster are as valid as those made "before the king himself or his chief justice".[6]
^Angold, Michael (2005). "Byzantine politics vis-à-vis the Fourth Crusade", in
Laiou, Angeliki E. (ed.), Urbs capta: the Fourth Crusade and its consequences, Paris: Lethielleux, pp. 55–68.
ISBN2-283-60464-8.
^Brand, Charles M. (1968). Byzantium confronts the West, 1180–1204, pp. 123–124. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
^David Nicolle (2011). Osprey: Campaign - Nr. 237. The Fourth Crusade 1202–04. The betrayal of Byzantium, p. 43.
ISBN978-1-84908-319-5.
^David Nicolle (2011). Osprey: Campaign - Nr. 237. The Fourth Crusade 1202–04. The betrayal of Byzantium, p. 42.
ISBN978-1-84908-319-5.
^Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 94.
ISBN978-0-241-29877-0.
^Warren, W. L. (1961). King John. University of California Press. pp. 122–31.
^Burgtorf, Jochen (2016). "The Antiochene war of succession". In Boas, Adrian J. (ed.). The Crusader World. The University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 196–211.
ISBN978-0-415-82494-1.