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Quotation from Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffrey de Villehardouin
“never, since the world was created, had so much booty been won in any city.”
Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, The Crusaders Occupy the City, trans. Frank T. Marzials
Villehardouin bears witness to the spoils taken after the fall of Constantinople in April 1204.
Citation: "never, since the world was created, had so much booty been won in any city." — Geoffrey de Villehardouin, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople, The Crusaders Occupy the City, trans. Frank T. Marzials. (id villehardouin-conquest-of-constantinople-q6)
Portrait: Geoffroi de Villehardouin, Louis Delaistre d’après Claude Jacquand, Public domain.
