Why did the Crusaders sack Constantinople in 1204?

Why did the Crusaders sack Constantinople in 1204?

the destruction of the Byzantine Empire and its dramatic collapse under the weight of Mehmed the Conquerer’s spectacular invasion is not necessarily the first or only catastrophe staining the history of Constantinople today. In fact, possibly even more devastating, was not the siege of the Byzantine capital by the Ottomans in the 15th century, but instead, the sacking of Constantinople in 1204 by the Crusaders.

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[giorgijioshvili]

"we did it Patrick we saved the city!"
*Constantinople burning in the background*

[nenenindonu]

I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City (Constantinople) than the Latin mitre". -Loukas Notaras
Best quote summing up the 4. Crusade

[vangelisskia]

"There never was a greater crime against humanity than the Fourth Crusade" - Sir Steven Runciman

[avgvstvscaesar]

So upsetting that the last bulwark of Roman power was razed to the ground in such an unnoble way.

[TetsuShima]

Eastern romans: "Could you please try to not invade our territory...FOR FIVE MINUTES!?"
Crusaders, persians, ottomans, mongols, huns, barbarians, etc: "What an awesome capital you have, guys!" 😎

[nenenindonu]

Romans under the Macedonian and Isaurian Dynasties recovered strength after the Arab conquest, so did the Komnenians after the Turkish invasion of Anatolia, the 4th Crusade however was the dead end

[kingjames]

Ironic how every crusade involved attacking, killing, and sacking Christians before getting to the Holy Lands

[Hawktotalwar]

Declares Crusade, proceed to attack own faction.

[lopsideduser-lzbgocr]

The true fall of the eastern Roman empire was in 1204, after the sack Constantinople was a shadow of it's former glory.

[Kevin-yojq]

Ottomans: struggled for years to capture Constantinople.

Christian Crusaders: Took Constantinople in a couple of days 😭

[mijanhoque]

Funny how these people complain about Vikings, Pagans and Muslims and yet commit atrocities to one another despite being same faith to a degree.

[RENATVS_IV]

I like your narration a lot. I'm not a native English speaker and I can understand you without captions. I appreciate it.
And thank you for your history lessons. Your channel is very cool.

[dr.finnegan]

Crusader: “Hey guys, i have an idea: lets sack, plunder and ruin this fellow christian state on the edge of our greatest enemy borders!”
Other Crusaders: "makes sense, lets do it!”

[thetayz]

Possibly one of the biggest examples of "losing the plot" of all time

[vladimirvilimonod]

The bastards got what they deserved in the end. Emperor Baldwin was captured by the bulgarians his army crushed by Kaloyan together with most of the Latin high command. That bastard the red duke died of a hearth attack caused by terror thinking Kaloyan would come and take Constantinople. Most of the nobles and commanders that took part in the sack of the city died from bulgarian arrows or getting literally beaten to a pulp when they fell from their horses. The bulgarians used lassoes to get the knights of their horses and after that the infantry beat the brakes off of them with clubs and axes

[mnk]

Constantinople had a recurring habit of making itself very much disliked if not outright despised by the Latins, so it didn't really take much convincing by the Venezians to get the Crusaders to sack it. This persisting antipathy was also the reason the city was largely left to it's fate when the Ottomans besieged it centuries later.

[Temblizz]

"Religion is good, gold is better" - Every catholic ever

[vangelisskia]

"The Western Europeans had long felt a jealous dislike for the Greeks; and the refusal of the Greek Church to abandon all its traditions and submit to the authority of the Roman pontificate added to their dislike. The Greeks were schismatics and not to be trusted."
Steven Runciman, Greece and the later crusades, From the New Griffon, A Gennadius Library Publication, American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

[thekerr]

Should have mentioned the massacre of the latins 20 years before… that didn’t help Constantinople at all.

[yuriyu]

Islam: Hi catholicism and orthodoxy from Christianity.
Christianity: Hi shia and sunni from Islam.

Islam and Christianity: * INTENSE FRIENDLY FIRE *