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The Fourth Crusade was one of the most disgraceful and notorious escapades in the whole of the Middle Ages, and Innocent III raged and complained about it bitterly. Yet for all its horrors and corruptions, the Venetians had also shown what was possible under the banner of crusading. And for all his bluster in the aftermath of Constantinople’s sack and fall, Innocent would make full use of the insight.
