De la Conquête de Constantinople

On the Conquest of Constantinople

Author

Geoffrey of Villehardouin

Language

Old French

Year

c. 1213

Country

France

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

medieval europefirsthand accounthistorythe crusades

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De la Conquête de Constantinople is the oldest surviving example of French historical prose and one of the most important sources for the Fourth Crusade. It was written by Geoffrey of Villehardouin, a knight and crusader, who was an eyewitness of the sack of Constantinople on 13 April 1204.