The Effects of the Fourth Crusade 1204–1261 1
The Effects of the Fourth Crusade 1204–1261 1
The effects of the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1204 and the subsequent establishment of a Latin Empire in the area covered by the Orthodox Church as a result of the Fourth Crusade are discussed. The period covered is 1204–61. The different sections of the chapter address the following: the Latin patriarchate of Orthodox Constantinople (1204–61); ecclesiastical organization within the various Latin conquests—Greece and the Cyclades, Venetian Crete, and Cyprus; thirteenth century rival Byzantine Churches—Nicaea and Epirus; and the Nicaean Empire and Rome.
Keywords: Byzantium, Crete, crusades, Cyclades, Cyprus, Epirus, Fourth Crusade, Greece, Latin Empire, Latin principalities, mediaeval history, Nicaean Empire, Orthodox Church
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