Chronicle of the Morea
Culture
The Chronicle of the Morea: Invaluable History of Medieval Greece
The Chronicle of the Morea (Greek: Τὸ χρονικὸν τοῦ Μορέως) is the history of 14th-century Greece, specifically the Peloponnese—once called the Morea—through the eyes of the Franks who ruled it at the time.
More than 9,000 lines long, the Chronicle...
Ancient Greece
A Crusader’s History of the Sack of Constantinople
De la Conquête de Constantinople (On the Conquest of Constantinople), one of the oldest surviving examples of French prose, is considered to be the most important historical source on the Fourth Crusade and the tragic Sack of Constantinople.
As disturbing...