What if 2nd Crusade Sacks Constantinople?
So instead of the 4th Crusade we have the 2nd Crusade sack Constantinople. Results? Impact on the Crusader states and Byzantine Empire?
"A siege mentality developed. One member of the King's (Louis VII) closest circle recalled that, a day out side of Constantinople, the disaffected, reinforced by news leaking out of Emperor Manuel's treaty with the Seljuks, proposed a radical new strategy: use the huge western army to occupy Thrace, enter into alliance with Roger of Sicily and with his fleet, which was already in Greek waters, seize Constantinople."
God's War by Christopher Tyerman
So instead of the 4th Crusade we have the 2nd Crusade sack Constantinople. Results? Impact on the Crusader states and Byzantine Empire?
"A siege mentality developed. One member of the King's (Louis VII) closest circle recalled that, a day out side of Constantinople, the disaffected, reinforced by news leaking out of Emperor Manuel's treaty with the Seljuks, proposed a radical new strategy: use the huge western army to occupy Thrace, enter into alliance with Roger of Sicily and with his fleet, which was already in Greek waters, seize Constantinople."
God's War by Christopher Tyerman