An Interpretation: Weakness of the Leadership (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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An Interpretation: Weakness of the Leadership
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Crusaders arriving at Lido, summer 1202 (proportion)

One-third of expected forces

Debt to Venice after paying 51,000 marks

34,000 marks

Treaty of Venice signatories (four regions)

Champagne, Flanders, Blois, Saint-Pol

Historian arguing leadership weakness (2004)

Jonathan Phillips

Phillips's core argument re: Fourth Crusade

Leaders lacked authority to force assembly at Venice

Polyglot force (definition)

Army from many regions/languages

Marshal of Champagne who chronicled Fourth Crusade

Geoffrey of Villehardouin

Villehardouin's view: why leaders avoided Venice

Cowardice & broken oaths

Villehardouin vs Phillips: key difference

Moral failure vs structural problems

Why assembly plan was unprecedented

Previous crusades travelled in fragmented groups

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