“Conrad himself was twice wounded by the arrows of the Turks; … it is averred that this army … was reduced to 7,000. … Conrad at once resolved to fall...
Crusade
Boucicaut had not said his last word, and in the summer of 1399, the tireless Marshal, leading 2,200 men arrived in Constantinople to assist the desperate Manuel II Palaiologos
The establishment of autonomous Latin quarters within Constantinople, equipped with their own customs and rights of self-governance, sparked strong reactions among the local population and fostered widespread anti-Latin sentiment
Borrowing 70,000 Livres Tournois (about half a ton of silver) from the French King, Louis IX “the Saint,” and leading 1,000 elite men (including 225 knights) along with several hundred...
The idea of a crusade, which was on the horizon in 1327, gained further strength when Pope John XXII proposed to the French King Philip VI to organize one with...
“Conrad himself was twice wounded by the arrows of the Turks; … it is averred that this army … was reduced to 7,000. … Conrad at once resolved to fall...
Boucicaut had not said his last word, and in the summer of 1399, the tireless Marshal, leading 2,200 men arrived in Constantinople to assist the desperate Manuel II Palaiologos
The establishment of autonomous Latin quarters within Constantinople, equipped with their own customs and rights of self-governance, sparked strong reactions among the local population and fostered widespread anti-Latin sentiment
Borrowing 70,000 Livres Tournois (about half a ton of silver) from the French King, Louis IX “the Saint,” and leading 1,000 elite men (including 225 knights) along with several hundred...
The idea of a crusade, which was on the horizon in 1327, gained further strength when Pope John XXII proposed to the French King Philip VI to organize one with...