. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. ity, but events, as they developed themselves, modified its aim, and thequestion of the holy places having become abandoned, it ended, after thetaking of Constantinople (Fig. 106), in the overthrow of the dynasty ofthe successors of Constantine, and its being replaced by a French dynasty>the founders of the Latin Empire of Byzantium. Following the example ofBaudouin, Count of Flanders, the principal nobles of the crusading armydivided among themselves the spoils of the Greek Empire, and ceased tothink of
. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. ity, but events, as they developed themselves, modified its aim, and thequestion of the holy places having become abandoned, it ended, after thetaking of Constantinople (Fig. 106), in the overthrow of the dynasty ofthe successors of Constantine, and its being replaced by a French dynasty>the founders of the Latin Empire of Byzantium. Following the example ofBaudouin, Count of Flanders, the principal nobles of the crusading armydivided among themselves the spoils of the Greek Empire, and ceased tothink of the holy war. In 1217, Andrew, King of Hungary, in company with several nobles ofGermany and France, assumed the cross. This expedition sailed for Egypt,and laid siege to Damietta, which only capitulated after losing eightythousand of its inhabitants. From thence it moved on to Cairo, but, beingdecimated by the plague, it was forced to retreat and return to Europe. Thiswas really the fifth crusade. In 1228, Frederick II., King of Naples and Sicily, having been elected * Much
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