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Crusades and Crusading in High Medieval Dalmatia and Croatia - Failed, Abused, Imaginery

Croatia and Dalmatia experienced three crusades, starting with the First Crusade during which the crusaders passed through the Kingdom encountering hostile population. During the Forth Crusade, crusaders who had not been able to pay the Venetians for transporting them to Constantinople, conquered Zadar and handed it over to Venice. The only positive encounter with crusaders happened during the Fifth Crusade, when king Andrew gathered his army in Split, where he embarked for the Holly Land. This was, however, a failed attempt by the king who soon returned without accomplishing anything significant. Finally, in the fourteenth century a legend about the death of king Zvonimir was composed, claiming that he was murdered because he wanted to respond to the Pope's call to start a crusade.

Dalmatia, Croatia, Crusades, Andrew II, Zadar, Zvonimir

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