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fmajid 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Delacroix's Entry of the Crusaders into Constantin...

The original French title "La Prise de Constantinople par les croisés" is harsher, "The taking/capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders"

cholantesh 16 days ago | [–]

More historically accurate, though, no?

fmajid 15 days ago | [–]

Exactly, "Entry of Crusaders in Constantinople" is very milquetoast and does not begin the describe the horrendous massacres committed then.

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