The Crusaders looted, terrorized, and vandalized Constantinople for three days...

>The Crusaders looted, terrorized, and vandalized Constantinople for three days, during which many ancient and medieval Roman and Greek works were either stolen or destroyed. The famous bronze horses from the Hippodrome were sent back to adorn the façade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, where they remain. As well as being stolen, works of immeasurable artistic value were destroyed merely for their material value. One of the most precious works to suffer such a fate was a large bronze statue of Hercules, created by the legendary Lysippos, court sculptor of Alexander the Great. Like so many other priceless artworks made of bronze, the statue was melted down for its content by the Crusaders. The great Library of Constantinople was destroyed as well.

>Despite their oaths and the threat of excommunication, the Crusaders systematically violated the city's holy sanctuaries, destroying or stealing all they could lay hands on; nothing was spared, not even the tombs of the emperors inside the St Apostles church. The civilian population of Constantinople were subject to the Crusaders' ruthless lust for spoils and glory; thousands of them were killed in cold blood. Women, even nuns, were raped by the Crusader army,[ which also sacked churches, monasteries and convents. The very altars of these churches were smashed and torn to pieces for their gold and marble by the warriors. Although the Venetians engaged in looting too, their actions were far more restrained.[citation needed] Doge Dandolo still appeared to have far more control over his men. Rather than wantonly destroying all around like their comrades, the Venetians stole religious relics and works of art, which they would later take to Venice to adorn their own churches.
Based Venice.Those sea merchant Jews have been screwing Byzanshits since forever.

YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS FRANKS

I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU AS A GREEK

CATHOLICS WILL GET DIVINE RETRIBUTION ONE DAY

>The great Library of Constantinople was destroyed as well.
So much history has been wiped out.

Funny how /pol/ cucks always bring up mongols / russians and rape , but wear the crusades with a badge and honor .

>One of the most precious works to suffer such a fate was a large bronze statue of Hercules, created by the legendary Lysippos, court sculptor of Alexander the Great. Like so many other priceless artworks made of bronze, the statue was melted down for its content by the Crusaders. The great Library of Constantinople was destroyed as well.
Thats terrible desu

Because it's unironically ok if Whites do it. Bringing White genes into a foreign gene pool is a net positive, and the receivers should be grateful - every culture values light skin and caucasoid facial features. On the other hand, bringing shitty Mongoloid/Turkic trash genes into a White gene pool is nothing but an act of genetic pollution.

Why are catholics such ruthless barbarians?

The real answer is that pol has a lot of larping catholics, and the west was just as barbaric as everybody else up until the enlightenment.

The Italian Jew is worse even than the actual Jew.

Such is war, nothing out of the ordinary. Even now does looting and rape still occur.

>Constantinople was full of riches and plunder
>yet the Greeks didn't pay their debts, causing the Fourth Crusade to divert
LMAO they deserved everything they got.

>Although the Venetians engaged in looting too, their actions were far more restrained.[citation needed]
Pretty sure that part comes off Niketas Choniates's account of the sack.

In fairness, the city being rich doesn't equates to the government (aka the actual debtor) being rich. The decades before the fourth crusade saw some insanely bad government that bankrupted the empire.
In fact, when Alexios was put back in power by the crusaders, he had to tax the ever living shit of the citizenry to pay up, to the point that the nobility rose up and murdered him.
That's when the crusaders took offense (>killing our client under flag of truce with our army holding the city >dumbass fucking byzs) and decided to sack.

>hercules
heracles you mean

I couldn’t care less about What happened to the byzantines but the destruction of so much history triggers me to hell

they must have been crazy with blood that is so stupid

Raping wh*tes is a net positive for the planet.

White people did this.

reminder that whites did this to themselves

Kek and you retarded niggers are crying over the turkish conquest even when the ottomans turned that city into a true city with infrastructure and comfy ornate wooden houses.

>fr*nch and kr*uts
>white

>the middle ages weren't as bad as most people think

Anglo here.

It's because they're not white.

Bronze statues are always a target for destruction. The shit is expensive. People scrapped statues in antiquity too. Happened a lot in the renaissance as well since cannons are more useful. Library of Alexandria is a fucking meme that idiots rant on and on about despite the fact that we'd probably only learn trivial shit and it would've been destroyed at one point in time, simply due to the turmoil of the area

>every culture values light skin and caucasoid facial features
(you)

>Crusaders sack Constantinople
>hehe, rekt, the weak shall fear the strong, Might makes Right, Deus Vult
>Muslims conquer land
>How dare they, only filthy subhuman Muslims can do this, reeeee

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Sorry I don't go to /pol/.
Pls explain

It was about Crusaders not White people.

Pointing out incoherence and inconsistence is nigger-like behavior according to /pol/. Which shouldn't be surprising, really.

outline of the typical negro meme on twitter

post an actual example

Maybe not facial features, but skin colour absolutely.
Light skin = rich enough to stay inside all day, dark = works in the fields all day. Only in the west is a tan considered attractive.

>implying it wasn't revenge for the Massacre of the Latins.

Why do people keep repeating this meme?
Fourth Crusade was simply one of opportunity. The Massacre of the Latins had taken place over a generation ago by this point, and the response to that was the Siege of Thessaloniki.

No it really wasn't.

>strawmanning is pointing out incoherence and inconsistence

They worship the man who leads the Cult of Rome, not Jesus.

>Excommunicated
>Catholics

Yeah you do.

Ven*tians make jews look like the most honorable people on earth.

Except they weren't excommunicated until after they had done it and the pope changed his mind and rescinded most of the excommunications anyway.

Jesus Christ

Dammed Latins

*teleports behind you*

>When Innocent III heard of the sack(of Zara), he sent a letter to the crusaders excommunicating them and ordering them to return to their holy vows and head for Jerusalem. Out of fear that this would dissolve the army, the leaders of the crusade decided not to inform their followers of this. In any event, Innocent shortly reconsidered his decision. Regarding the Crusaders as having been blackmailed by the Venetians, in February 1203 he rescinded the excommunications against all non-Venetians in the expedition.

>ZOMG WHY DOES POL ONLY LIKE IT WHEN WHITES DO SOMETHING OVER RETARDED NIGGERS, CHINKS OR INBRED TURKS???

Gee this really left my scratching my head. Faggot.

kek

>they dindu nuffin they wuz good boys
>it was all the doge fault puttin bad ideas in dere heads
>need mo money fo dem crussaids
such an innocent pope

>Venice and the anchors to threathmen the Pope.
Venice was just filled with badasses it seems.

*had

I think the west lost its barbarism with the renaissance.

Maybe if they didn't want Catholics to hate them, they shouldn't have helped the Turks in the 2nd and 3rd Crusades.
Or Massacred the Catholics and sold the remaining survivors as slaves to the Turks.

Why do people act like they were poor victims that did nothing?

They are humble merchants.

They literally just were merchants who didn't no nothing except sell and loan shit

They need more money for dem galleys and exotic fish.

Do realize that in the war you've posted Venice never actually switched sides. The pope and his cronies did, betraying France first and Venice later.
You can hardly blame Venice for resenting the imperial blackmail attempt (gib all your mainland or I invade u while your armies are busy fighting the french) the pope opted to back no fucks given about fairness.

Whites are inferior to normal people

>Why do people act like they were poor victims that did nothing?
Because muh shield against the mudslimes. Calling out the byzs for being every little bit as base as anyone else goes against the narrative of the united christian world that only fell to the invading infidels due to the perfidy and treachery of greedy jews.

Cmon a crusade sacking Constantinople thats hilarious as it must have been confusing

Was the library destroyed twice? I remember reading that it was destroyed by muslims.