He spent the next two years preparing, finally leaving on 14 April 1202.
As part of his effort to leave his domains in good order, Baldwin issued two notable charters for Hainaut.
One detailed an extensive criminal code and appears to be based on a now-lost charter of his father.
The other laid down specific rules for inheritance.
These are an important part of the legal tradition in Belgium.
The fourth crusaders dethoned Alexius III a usurper in Constantinople in 1202 -1204 for payment of transport to Egypt.
Zara from Hungary was conquered first for them also for the trade networks. Baldwin of Flanders was made Emperor.
The historian George Acropolites reports that the Tsar had Baldwin's skull made into a drinking cup,
just as had happened to Nicephorus I almost four hundred years before.
It was said that the total amount looted from Constantinople was about 900,000 silver marks.
The Venetians received 150,000 silver marks that was their due and the Crusaders received 50,000 silver marks.
A further 100,000 silver marks were divided evenly between the Crusaders and Venetians.
Most of the Byzantine aristocracy fled the city.
Amongst the ordinary people of the former empire there was no sympathy for the Byzantine elite,
who were seen as having ruled the empire with increasing incompetence.
John Paul II asked, "How can we not share, at a distance of eight centuries, the pain and disgust?
Thus, they contend the issue no winners.
Episode significantly weakened the Byzantine Empire, altering the course of medieval history and deepening the divide.
We have seen and prepared since 2019. Have you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diTmxxmSf1Q
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