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- The Devastatio Constantinopolitana (Devastation of Constantinople) is a short anonymous Latin eyewitness account of the Fourth Crusade. It covers the period from the preaching of Peter of Capua in France in 1198 until 16 May 1204, shortly after the sack of Constantinople. The Devastatio's coverage is detailed and its perspective unique. It portrays the Fourth Crusade as a series of un-Christian betrayals by the rich of the poor. Modern historians have used it more for its factual detail than for its perspective. (en)
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- On the third day following entry into Zara, a quarrel arose between the Venetians and the pilgrims, in which almost one hundred people were killed. The barons kept the city's goods for themselves, giving nothing to the poor. The poor labored mightily in poverty and hunger. Consequently, when they complained greatly about the barons, they managed to get ships to ferry them to Ancona, and one thousand departed with leave and, in addition, more than a thousand without leave. (en)
- Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court? Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called? (en)
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- —Devastatio, 253v–254r (en)
- —Epistle of James, 2:5–7 (en)
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- Devastatio Constantinopolitana (en)
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- The Devastatio Constantinopolitana (Devastation of Constantinople) is a short anonymous Latin eyewitness account of the Fourth Crusade. It covers the period from the preaching of Peter of Capua in France in 1198 until 16 May 1204, shortly after the sack of Constantinople. The Devastatio's coverage is detailed and its perspective unique. It portrays the Fourth Crusade as a series of un-Christian betrayals by the rich of the poor. Modern historians have used it more for its factual detail than for its perspective. (en)
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- Devastatio Constantinopolitana (en)
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