CHAPTER X

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THE LATIN EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

Contrast between the Greeks and the Latins 168

Attempt to upset the civilization of the old empire 169

Conduct of the pope towards the Greek clergy 170

Opposition of the French clergy to the new patriarch 171

## Partition of the empire among the crusading chiefs 172

1204 Rise of new empires at Nice, Trebizond, and Durazzo 173

1205 Massacre of the Latins in Thrace by order of the Bulgarian Calo-John 173

April Captivity of the emperor Baldwin 174

Death of Baldwin 174

1206-1216 Henry I., brother of Baldwin, emperor of Constantinople 175

1207 Assassination of Calo-John 175

Wise government of the emperor Henry 176

Death of Henry 176

Peter of Courtenay, emperor of Constantinople 176

1218 Captivity and death of Peter of Courtenay 177

1219 Robert, emperor of Constantinople 177

1228 John of Brienne, emperor of Constantinople 178

1235 Siege of Constantinople by Vataces 179

1237-1261 Baldwin II., emperor of Constantinople 179

Efforts to raise money 179

Sale of relics 179

1255 Death of Vataces 180

1259 The envoys of Baldwin repelled by Michael Paleologos 180

1261 Recovery of Constantinople by the Greeks 181

July Permanent alienation of the East from the West 181

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