CONTENTS xiii A.D. PAGE 1203 Voyage from Zara to Constantinople ... ... ... ... 389 Fruitless Negotiation of the Emperor ... .... ... ... 392 Passage of the Bosphorus ... ... ... ... ... ... 393 First Siege and Conquest of Constantinople by the Latins ... 395 Restoration of the Emperor Isaac Angelas, and his Son Alexius 397 Quarrels of the Greeks and Latins ... ... ... ... ... 399 1204 The War Renewed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 401 Alexius and his Father deposed by Mourzoufle ... 402 Second Siege ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 402 Pillage of Constantinople ... ... ... ... ... ... 405 Division of the Spoil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 407 Misery of the Greeks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 407 Sacrilege and Mockery ... ... ... ... ... ... 409 Destruction of the Statues ... ... ... ... ... ... 409 CHAPTER LXI Partition of the Empire by the French and Venetians — Five Latin Emperors of the Houses of Flanders and Courtenay — Their Wars against the . Bulgarians and Greeks — Weakness and Poverty of the Latin Empire — Recovery of Constantinople by the Greeks — General Consequences of the Crusades 1204 Election of the Emperor Baldwin L ... ... ... ... 413 Division of the Greek Empire ... ... ... ... ... 416 1204 Revolt of the Greeks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 419 1204-1222. Theodore Lascaris, Emperor of Nice ... ... ... 420 The Dukes and Emperors of Trebizond ... ... ... ... 420 The Despots of Epirus ... ... ... ... ... ... 421 1205 The Bulgarian War ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 422 Defeat and captivity of Baldwin ... ... ... ... ... 424 Retreat of the Latins ... 424 Death of the Emperor ... ... ... ... 425 1206-1216. Reign and character of Henry ... ... ... ... 426 1217 Peter of Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople ... ... ... 429 1217-1219. His Captivity and Death ... ... ... ... ... 430 1221-1228. Robert, Emperor of Constantinople ... ... 430 1228-1237. Baldwin H. and John of Brienne, Emperors of Constanti- nople ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 432 1237-1261. Baldwin H. ... ... ... ... 434 The Holy Crown of Thorns ... ... ... ... ... 436 1237-1261. Progress of the Greeks ... ... ... ... ... 438 1259 Michael Palaeologus, the Greek Emperor ... ... ... ... 439 1261 Constantinople recovered by the Greeks ... ... ... ... 440 General Consequences of the Crusades ... ... ... ... 442 Digression on the Family of Courtenay 1020 Origin of the Family of Courtenay ... ... 446 1101-1152. L The Counts of Edessa 447 n. The Courtenays of France ... ... ... ... ... 448 1 150 Their Alliance with the Royal Family ... ... ... ... 448 HL The Courtenays of England ... ... ... ... ... 451 The Earls of Devonshire ... ... ... ... ... ... 452
