This panel shows Louis along with his brother and courtiers at Sens, wearing simple clothes, processing the relic of the Crown of Thorns atop a chalice.
Given by Latin Emperor Baldwin II to King Louis IX of France, among others including the Image of Edessa, arrived in Paris in August 1239 for the sum of 135,000 livres. The Saint-Chapelle was built to house these (pawned) relics from Constantinople,…
Looted by Crusaders in Constantinople and currently in the treasury of San Marco. The Surrounding plaques feature images of paired military saints, at the top, Christ is flanked by Saints Peter and Menas.
Written by Geoffrey of Villehardouin, knight and crusader and therefore eyewitness. The work is written as an epic in the third person. Here, the initial "S" contained a depiction of Foulques of Neuilly preaching about the Fourth Crusade. The detail…
The Historia covers the period from 1118 to 1207, and is noteworthy for its description of the occupation of Constantinople, an excerpt in English can be read here: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/choniates1.asp
This set of four bronze horses that originally included a quadriga (chariot for racing), after the sack of Constantinople in 1204, the horses were placed on the exterior of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, where they remained until Napoleon took them in…
Commissioned by the last French King, Louis Philippe I, this painting by Delacroix shows Baldwin I of Constantinople leading the procession of crusaders through the streets of Constantinople. The painting was not particularly well received after its…