23 Dez 1096 Jahr - Christians begin arriving in Constantinople

Beschreibung:

"Duke Godfrey reached Constantinople before all the French princes because he had traveled straight across Hungary. That meant he arrived two days before Christmas" (Robert, 94)

Map:David Byrne, “Countries Bordering on the Mediterranean at the time of the First Crusade and the Routes of the First three Crusades,” digital image, in Crisis Magazine, accessed April 12, 2018. https://www.crisismagazine.com/2013/the-real-significance-of-the-crusades.