This conflict was almost stifled at its beginning due to the antipathy of the German city-states for the Pope and the English King's unwillingness to divert force from war with France.
This conflict was almost stifled at its beginning due to the antipathy of the German city-states for the Pope and the English King's unwillingness to divert force from war with France. However, the preacher Fulk of Neuilly drummed up enough enthusiasm that the city of Venice was engaged to provide transportation for 33,500 soldiers. When the Crusaders arrived and couldn't pay, they were forced to conquer the city of Zara for Venice, then came upon the Byzantine Prince Alexius Angelos, who convinced them to make their most famous conquest. For ten points, name this wackiest Crusade, which never reached the Holy Land, but did end up sacking Constantinople.
This conflict was almost stifled at its beginning due to the antipathy of the German city-states for the Pope and the English King's unwillingness to divert force from war with France.
The {Fourth Crusade}