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 INDEX. 41' claims the throne of Jerusalem, ISO; story of his marriages, 130, 131 note ; alleged treachery of Isaac II. to him, 278. Constantine, churches built by, 187 ; col- umn of, 191. Constantine Angelos, design of, upon the throne, 100. Constantinoy)le reproduced in Venice, 11, 405 ; position of, in regard to the pop- ulations of the Balkan peninsula, 52 ; diverse nationalities among the popula- tion of, 144 ; did not assimilate foreign immigrants, 145; the chief city of the Western world in 1200, 180; advan- tages of its situation, 180; advantages derived from its being the capital, and from commerce, 181; the treasure- house of the East, 185 ; its wealth com- pared with Western cities, 186 ; its principal buildings, 187; its wealth in relics, 193, 364 ; its walls and cisterns, 195; dwellings of the poorer class, 195 ; a city of pleasure, 196 ; learning not neglected there, 200; absence of interest in religious questions in the twelfth century, 201 ; monasteries, 204; sense of security of its inhabi- tants, 204 ; effeminacy of the ruling classes, 205 ; influence of Asia upon its social life, 206 ; administration of tlie government and of Justice, 212; superstition of the people, 214; com- parison with Turkish Constantinople, 221 ; the plots of the crusade leaders against it, 265 ; its defences, 310 ; at- tacked by the Crusaders, 312 ; fires in, 325, 327 ; assaulted and captured, 348- 352 ; sacked, 353-355. Contostephanos deserts with the fleet to Andronicos Coranenos, 77; deprived of sight, 81. Corfu, the Crusaders at, 297. Crusades, disorganization wrought in the empire by, 36, 37 ; difficulties in the way of co-operation with the empire, 117; decline of the religious spirit among the Crusaders, 119; influence of, on the capture of Constantinople, 136. Crusade, first, 37. second, 44 ; its failure attributed to the empire, 121. third, 48, 125 ; in alliance with the Turks, 48 ; its failure embitters the feeling of the West against the em- pire, 125. fourth, origin of, 227 ; the pope's zeal in its behalf, 231 ; preached by Fulk, 234 ; the commaiul offered to Theobald, 236 ; choice of Venice as the port of departure, 237 ; terms made with the doge, 240; destined for Egypt, 241 ; the commilmrtransferred to Jjoni- face of Montferrat, 245 ; breach of the contract with Veniee7'24S ; diversion of the enterprise proposeH, 249'^ Ve- netians to take part in the crusade, 252; influence ^^^ Dandolo, 257 ; capt- uTeoT Zara, 262 ; quarrel of Crusaders with Venetiarf!?^62 ; reasons assigned by contemporary irr iters for the diver- sion, 265 ; treachery of Venice, 268 ; story of the conspiracy against Con- stantinople, 273 ; attack of the city agreed on at Zara, 286 ; deputation sent to Innocent III., 290 ; arrival of the expedition at Corfu, 297 ; feeling of the army at the convention of Zara, 298 ; arrival before Constantinople, 303 ; reply to the messenger of Alexis III., 305 ; passage of the Bosphorus, 308 ; TfHlata occupied, 308 ; the im- perial fleet surprised, 309 ; general at- tack on the city, S09; a deputation sent to Isaac IL, 2^ ; the contract with Alexis IV., 321 ; Saracen mosque attacked and the city set fire to, 327; marauding expeditions, 330 ; insolent demand on Isaac II. for payment, 334 ; siege of Constantinople agreed on, 344 ; prospective arrangements for the cITvi- sion of the spoil, 345 ; conquest of the city, 34ja=i52^; election of a Latin em- peror, 377-385, Cyprus, seized by Isaac Comnenos, 84 ; expedition of Isaac II. to, 98; con- quered by Richard I., 98, 132. Dadtbra capitulates to the Turks, 111. Dalmatia Slavicizcd, 55. Dalmatius de Scrgy obtains the head of St. Clement, 366, 367. Damascus, failure of the Crusaders' at- tack on, 125. Dandolo, Ilenry, his mission to Constan- tinople, 173; his feelings towards the empire, 239 ; becomes one of the leaders of the crusade, 257 ; his char- acter, 257 ; directs the seaward attack upon Constantinople, 312; has an au- dience with Mourtzouphlos, 342 ; re- fuses to become a candidate for the throne of Constantinople, 376, 382; declares in favor of Baldwin, 373 ;