Title

'Storming of Constantinople by Baldwin, Count of Flanders'

Caption

'Storming of Constantinople by Baldwin, Count of Flanders', (1204), 1890. Following the Sack of Constantinople in April 1204, during the Fourth Crusade, Crusader armies captured, looted, and destroyed the Byzantine city and Baldwin of Flanders was crowned Emperor Baldwin I of Constantinople. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F25_154

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,4Mb (4,0Mb) / 12,8in x 18,6in / 3844 x 5580 (300dpi)

Keywords

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