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Crusaders Sold Out Against Christians: The Blasphemous Siege of Zadar in 1202

1202 AD. The thunderous echo of the papal appeals resounds throughout Europe. Christianity is called to rally, swords drawn in the name of faith. A new Crusade is on the march, the fourth, with the promise of liberating Jerusalem from the hands of the infidel. Yet, this is not a story of heroism and unshakable faith. This is the story of a betrayal, of a blasphemous deviation, of an indelible stain imprinted in the history of the Crusades. This is the story of the siege of Zara. Imagine the scenes: a massive army, seal of noble houses and fervent warriors, not pointing the bow towards the Holy Land, but bending towards the West. Not against the Saracens, but against a Christian city, Zara, a thriving port on the Dalmatian coast, proud daughter of Venice and bastion of Adriatic Christianity. How was it possible? What drove these men, who set out to fight in the name of Christ, to turn their weapons against their brothers in the faith? Behind the facade of the Crusade, deep shadows lurked: colossal debts, unbridled ambitions, dark political plots and a perverse logic that transformed a sacred undertaking into an abyss of shame. Prepare to immerse yourself in the dark heart of the Fourth Crusade, where the hunger for gold and chaos reigned supreme, and where the boundary between sacred and profane, between right and wrong, became terribly blurred. This is the story of Zara, the shameful crusade. 📚 Buy our books translated into Italian on Amazon: The Alexiad by Anna Comnena (Italian translation by our team): 👉 https://amzn.to/3GCsGxd Historia de Vita et Gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarum Principis by Marin Barleti (Italian translation): 👉 https://amzn.to/3F5cMe4 📥 Download all our translations of historical texts in PDF format for free from our official website: 👉 https://www.aldoweb.net/nostri-libri-... Contemporary Sources (Primary Sources): 1. Godfrey of Villehardouin, The Conquest of Constantinople: Chronicle of a Crusader Leader, a key but biased source, justifies the crusader actions. 2. Robert de Clari, The Conquest of Constantinople: Chronicle of a Low-Rank Knight, Popular Perspective, Details of Crusader Life, and Reactions to the Siege of Zara. 3. Nicetas Choniates, Historia: Work of a Byzantine Historian, Byzantine Viewpoint on the Fourth Crusade and Zara as a Sign of Western Degeneration. 4. Letters of Pope Innocent III: Papal Documents, Official Position of the Church, Condemnation and Reaction to the News of the Siege. 5. Annales Ceccanenses: Contemporary Italian Monastic Annals, Echoes of the Papal Condemnation and Common Feeling in the Roman Curia. Modern Sources (Secondary Sources): 1. Jonathan Phillips, The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople: A Complete and Up-to-Date Reference Scholarly Work on the Fourth Crusade, Ample Space in Zara. 2. Thomas F. Madden, Enrico Dandolo and the Fourth Crusade: Dandolo's biography, Venetian perspective, analysis of the Doge's motivations regarding Zara. 3. David Nicolle, The Fourth Crusade 1202-1204: Popular but well-documented work, military reconstruction of events, details of the siege of Zara. 4. Kenneth M. Setton (ed.), A History of the Crusades, vol. II: Scholarly collective work, chapters on the Fourth Crusade, broad and in-depth overview, high level. 5. Steven Runciman, History of the Crusades (vol. III): Historiographical classic, narrative approach, space for Zara, highlights negative aspects and ideal betrayal.