The Conquest of Constantinople
Title: The Conquest of Constantinople (part of Chronicles of the Crusades) Author: Villehardouin First Copyright date: Written in early 1200s Type of Book: Crusades, Fourth Crusade, Greece, Constantinople, 1199-1207, simplistic General Subject Matter: Crusades Special Features: There are maps on the back, and glossary of various terms, Price: About $12.00? ISBN: 978-0-14-044124-6 Possible Purpose: I have read the entire primary source, and cannot figure out why he wrote this particular book. Perhaps from observations I can arrive at why: the book focuses more on events and is not in depth when it comes to human foibles. There is constant fighting and its hard to keep things straight. Besides piety nothing is stressed. It does seem to be chronological and it focuses more on names rather than on people behind the names. I would guess he wrote it like a textbook a bit and wanted there to be accuracy. a. Why did the author write on this subject rather than on some...