Medieval Europe
The Dinner That Could Have Saved Byzantium
The most powerful men in Europe were invited to a 1204 feast that would decide the fate of the Byzantine Empire—and not one of them showed up.
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Download on the App StoreMedieval EuropeByzantine EmpireFourth CrusadePolitical IntrigueConstantinopleVeniceDiplomatic HistoryImperial CollapseAlexios IV AngelosEnrico DandoloBaldwin of FlandersFinancial CrisisMedieval Diplomacy
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