Diverted crusaders storm and sack Constantinople, enthroning a Latin emperor and patriarch; the outrage hardens the schism of 1054 into permanence.
Tagged: Catholic Christian Eastern Orthodox
The Event
- Date
- 1204 (exact)
- Era
- Medieval; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Constantinople; today Istanbul, Turkey
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Catholic, Eastern Orthodox
- Key figures
- Enrico Dandolo, Baldwin of Flanders
Connections
- Great Schism; deepened
Primary Sources
- Geoffrey of Villehardouin, The Conquest of Constantinople
- Niketas Choniates, History
Secondary Sources
- Pelikan, The Christian Tradition, vols. 1–5 (Chicago, 1971–1989)
- MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)
Provenance: HIST-0025; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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