history question

[kamikat]

I'm reading "The Orthodox Church" by Timothy Ware. It briefly glosses over the sacking of Constantinople by the Crusaders. Can someone briefly explain the events leading up to this or recommend a book or website that explains this?
kamikat

 

[Marjorie]

A Short History of Byzantium (which is a condesation of three larger works on Byzantium) by John Julius Norwich explains this pretty well, and a lot more than that... he is not Orthodox and sometimes doesn't 'get' something in Orthodox theology but overall it's excellent. The chapters on the Crusades are towards the end, obviously.

In IC XC,
Marjorie

 

[Rilian]

This web page has a brief description with some additional links at the bottom.