CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Buric, Vanja |
|---|---|
| Title | Reaction to the Siege of Zadar in Western Christendom |
| Summary | Liberating the Holy Land during the Fourth Crusade was supposed to be the crowning achievement of the impressive political and ecclesiastical career of Pope Innocent III. However, affected by financial issues on the way, the Crusading army agreed to help the Venetians retake the Christian city of Zadar on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, in exchange for transport. The attack set a precedent for Crusaders attacking Catholics, but the thesis hypothesised that, similarly to its relative neglect in historiography, the reaction to the Zadar incident in Western Christendom did not have the effect it should have had. Subsequent analysis of primary sources has shown that, despite some strong reactions, the hypothesis was mostly correct. Overshadowed by the later conquest of Constantinople, Zadar, and the infamous precedent it set, fell into obscurity. |
| Supervisor | Nagy, Balazs |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/buric_vanja.pdf |
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