apr 13, 1204 - Sack of Constantinople

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In Crusaders' interest to pick the city clean for money, they shocked Innocent III in how brutally they destroyed the city.

This was justified by the Crusaders and changed the meaning of Crusade.
1. Crusader Bishops decided that Alexios V was a murder and therefore the Byzantines were accessories to murder for supporting him
2. The Orthodox church remained disobedient to Rome
3. KEY: they concluded crusaders who died fighting the Christian Byzantines would recieved Salvation, just like if they had fought muslims for Jerusalem
4. Most crusaders had no idea the Crusader Bishops were acting against the wished of Innocent III

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