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Quotation from Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey de Villehardouin

“Lords, I forbid you, on the part of the Pope of Rome, to attack this city; for those within it are Christians, and you are pilgrims.”

Geoffrey de Villehardouin (spoken by The abbot of Vaux)

Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, The Crusaders Leave Venice to Besiege Zara, trans. Frank T. Marzials

Portrait of Geoffrey de Villehardouin

The Cistercian abbot speaks against the attack on Zara.

Citation: "Lords, I forbid you, on the part of the Pope of Rome, to attack this city; for those within it are Christians, and you are pilgrims." — Geoffrey de Villehardouin, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, The Crusaders Leave Venice to Besiege Zara, trans. Frank T. Marzials. (id villehardouin-conquest-of-constantinople-q3)

Virtues: Justice

Portrait: Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Louis Delaistre d’après Claude Jacquand, Public domain.

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