Picture: Crusaders attack the tower of Damietta in a painting by Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen
Professor Nicholas Morton returns to tell us the story of the Fifth Crusade.
Dr Morton is Associate Professor in Middle Eastern and Global history at Nottingham Trent University in the UK. His new book The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East is available now.
In it he offers a panoramic account of the Mongol invasions of the Middle East during the thirteenth century, examining these wars from the perspectives of the many different societies impacted by their conquests, including of course Byzantium. In its pages you can also find out more about the drama of the Fifth Crusade.
Period: 1218-19
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The History of Byzantium 
A crusade against “Eskimos” in the 13th century. Really? In which country on which continent and when? Is there any more detail in the book? I take it this wasn’t 30000 knights charging an igloo.
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