Fourth Crusade Ep 2: When Crusaders attacked and burned Constantinople

“you'll note that Robert Clary uses the word pilgrims here to describe the crusaders which seems bizarre to us but tells you something about the mindset of these men and how they saw themselves pilgrims on a religious mission but with swords”

“they go into the church of the highest Sophia itself which was one of the most lavish and stunning buildings of the time incredibly wealthy and they seize any gold silver or jewels that they find in there they removed the silver pulpit and the silver clad pillars they stripped the altar of its pearls and precious jewels”

“the leaders of the fourth crusade had given the men in the army strict instructions for what to do with all the plunder they were going to collect during this intense sacking of Constantinople after all there were bills to be paid”