S1E24: Why did the Crusaders sack Christianity's most magnificent city? While most of us don't know this story, most Greeks do! They have neither forgotten nor forgiven.
Description
►How could this possibly happen - Crusaders attacking a major Christian city?
►Why did Crusaders detour to Constantinople?
►Why did the Pope excommunicate the Cruaders?
►Was Constantinople the only Christian city sacked by Crusaders?
►What happened after the sack of Constantinople?
►What were European memories and later perceptions of this terrible event?
►Was there shame among Europeans?
►How was the sack of Constantinople justified in later decades and centuries?
►Why haven't Greeks forgotten and forgiven the sack of Constantinople?
►What did the Greeks tell the Pope about the Fourth Crusade when he visited Greece?
🚩About my guest:
My guest for this episode is Dr. Thomas Madden of Saint Louis University. He is a professor of Medieval History, the Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Director of the Crusades Studies Forum and the former Chair of the Department of History.
His primary academic research interest is the history and culture of the Mediterranean world, and the bulk of his scholarly publications have focused on the crusading movement, the interaction between the cultures of Latin Christendom, the Byzantine Empire, and the Muslim Middle East.
He has authored many books, including the following we discuss in this two-part episode:
The Concise History of the Crusades, and
The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople
🚩"Why Did Europe Conquer the World":
Listen to Dr. Philip T. Hoffman, a professor of Business Economics at Caltech, as he explains in this two-part episode the history of how the Middle East fell behind Europe:
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1. Opening and closing music of the program:
Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.
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The Desert | The Grand Score
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