The Crusades

1372.248 - 1401.338 Nathan W. Bingham

And the competition between these competing clergy's never was really overcome, never really reconciled. And as I say, the Fourth Crusade greatly weakened Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. The last crusade we'll talk about, the Fifth Crusade, led by the Emperor Frederick, negotiated and actually recaptured Jerusalem through negotiation, which he was able to hold only for about 15 years.