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Massacre of the Latins
Massacre of the Latins
	Map of Constantinople in the Byzantine period. The Latin quarters are captioned in purple.
Location	Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Date	April 1182
Target	Roman Catholics ("Latins")
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	several tens of thousands
Perpetrators	Andronikos Komnenos, Greek Eastern Christian mob

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The Massacre of the Latins (Italian: Massacro dei Latini; Greek: Σφαγὴ τῶν Λατίνων) was a large-scale massacre of the Roman Catholic (called "Latin") inhabitants of Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, by the Eastern Orthodox population of the city in April 1182.^[1]^[2]

The Roman Catholics of Constantinople at that time dominated the city's maritime trade and financial sector.^[1] Although precise numbers are unavailable, the bulk of the Latin community, estimated at 60,000 at the time by Eustathius of Thessalonica,^[1] was wiped out or forced to flee. The Genoese and Pisan communities especially were devastated, and some 4,000 survivors were sold as slaves to the (Turkish) Sultanate of Rum.^[3]^[4]

The massacre further worsened relations and increased enmity between the Western and Eastern Christian churches,^[5] and a sequence of hostilities between the two followed.

Background

From the late 11th century, Western merchants, primarily from the Italian city-states of Venice, Genoa and Pisa, had started appearing in the East. The first had been the Venetians, who had secured large-scale trading concessions from Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Subsequent extensions of these privileges and Byzantium's own naval impotence at the time resulted in a virtual maritime monopoly and stranglehold over the Empire by the Venetians.^[6]

Alexios' grandson, Manuel I Komnenos, wishing to reduce their influence, began to reduce the privileges of Venice while concluding agreements with her rivals: Pisa, Genoa and Amalfi.^[7] Gradually, all four Italian cities were also allowed to establish their own quarters in the northern part of Constantinople itself, towards the Golden Horn.

The predominance of the Italian merchants caused economic and social upheaval in Byzantium: it accelerated the decline of the independent native merchants in favour of big exporters, who became tied to the landed aristocracy, who in turn increasingly amassed large estates.^[1] Together with the perceived arrogance of the Italians, it fueled popular resentment amongst the middle and lower classes both in the countryside and in the cities.^[1]

The religious differences between the two sides, who viewed each other as schismatics, further exacerbated the problem. The Italians proved uncontrollable by imperial authority: in 1162, for instance, the Pisans together with a few Venetians raided the Genoese quarter in Constantinople, causing much damage.^[1] Emperor Manuel subsequently expelled most of the Genoese and Pisans from the city, thus giving the Venetians a free hand for several years.^[8]

In early 1171, however, when the Venetians attacked and largely destroyed the Genoese quarter in Constantinople, the Emperor retaliated by ordering the mass arrest of all Venetians throughout the Empire and the confiscation of their property. There were also mass rapes and the burning of houses. A subsequent Venetian expedition in the Aegean failed: a direct assault was impossible due to the strength of the imperial forces, and the Venetians agreed to negotiations, which the Emperor stalled intentionally. As talks dragged on through the winter, the Venetian fleet waited at Chios, until an outbreak of the plague forced them to withdraw.^[9]

The Venetians and the Empire remained at war, with the Venetians prudently avoiding direct confrontation but sponsoring Serb uprisings, besieging Ancona, Byzantium's last stronghold in Italy, and signing a treaty with the Norman Kingdom of Sicily.^[10] Relations were only gradually normalized: there is evidence of a treaty in 1179,^[11] although a full restoration of relations would only be reached in the mid-1180s.^[12] Meanwhile, the Genoese and Pisans profited from the dispute with Venice, and by 1180, it is estimated that up to 60,000 Latins lived in Constantinople.^[1]

Death of Manuel I and massacre

Following the death of Manuel I in 1180, his widow, the Latin princess Maria of Antioch, acted as regent to her infant son Alexios II Komnenos. Her regency was notorious for the favoritism shown to Latin merchants and the big aristocratic land-owners, and was overthrown in April 1182 by Andronikos I Komnenos, who entered the city in a wave of popular support.^[1]^[13] Almost immediately, the celebrations spilled over into violence towards the hated Latins, and after entering the city's Latin quarter a mob began attacking the inhabitants.^[5]

Many had anticipated the events and escaped by sea.^[3] The ensuing massacre was indiscriminate: neither women nor children were spared, and Latin patients lying in hospital beds were murdered.^[5] Houses, churches, and charities were looted.^[5] Latin clergymen received special attention, and Cardinal John, the papal legate, was beheaded and his head was dragged through the streets at the tail of a dog.^[3]^[14]

Although Andronikos himself had no particular anti-Latin attitude, he allowed the massacre to proceed unchecked.^[15] Andronikos had managed to incite the anti-Latin sentiment of Constantinopolitans, on the grounds that the empress and the protosebastos had bought the Latin support by promising them the chance of plundering the city.^[16]

During the massacre Empress Maria was put under house arrest, before finally being executed.

Impact

The massacre further worsened the image of the Byzantines in the West, and although regular trade agreements were soon resumed between Byzantium and Latin states, the underlying hostility would remain, leading to a spiraling chain of hostilities: a Sicilian expedition under William II of Sicily in 1185 sacked Thessalonica, the Empire's second largest city, and the German emperors Frederick Barbarossa and Henry VI both threatened to attack Constantinople.^[17]

The worsening relationship culminated with the brutal sack of the city of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, which led to the permanent alienation of Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics. The massacre itself however remains relatively obscure, and Catholic historian Warren Carroll notes that "Historians who wax eloquent and indignant—with considerable reason—about the sack of Constantinople ... rarely if ever mention the massacre of the Westerners in ... 1182."^[14]

The Italian-born translator and Byzantine chancery official Leo Tuscus was among the Latins who survived the massacre.^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ducellier 1986, pp. 506–508.
^ Gregory, Timothy (2010). A History of Byzantium. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-4051-8471-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nicol 1988, p. 107.
^ Vasiliev, Alexander A. (1964). History of the Byzantine Empire, 324–1453, Volume II. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-299-80926-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vasiliev, Aleksandr (1958). History of the Byzantine Empire. 2, Volume 2. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-299-80926-3.
^ Birkenmeier, John W. (2002). The Development of the Komnenian Army: 1081–1180. BRILL. pp. 39. ISBN 90-04-11710-5.
^ Nicol 1988, p. 94.
^ Nicol 1988, p. 95.
^ Nicol 1988, pp. 97–99.
^ Nicol 1988, p. 100.
^ Nicol 1988, p. 101.
^ Madden, Thomas F. (2003). Enrico Dandolo & the Rise of Venice. JHU Press. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-8018-7317-1.
^ Nicol 1988, p. 106.
^ ^a ^b Carroll, Warren (1993). The Glory of Christendom, Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press, pp. 157, 131
^ Harris, Jonathan (2006). Byzantium and the Crusades, ISBN 978-1-85285-501-7, pp. 111-112
^ Garland, Lynda (1999). Byzantine Empresses, Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 208. ISBN 0-415-14688-7.
^ Fine 1994, p. 60.
^ Antonio Rigo (2005). "Leone Toscano". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 64: Latilla–Levi Montalcini (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.

Sources

Ducellier, Alain (1986). "The death throes of Byzantium: 1080–1261". The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages: 950-1250. Cambridge University Press. pp. 489–524. ISBN 978-0-521-26645-1.
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08260-4.
Nicol, Donald M. (1988). Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-34157-4.

[Cambridge-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ducellier 1986, pp. 506–508.

[2] Gregory, Timothy (2010). A History of Byzantium. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-4051-8471-7.

[FOOTNOTENicol1988107-3] Nicol 1988, p. 107.

[4] Vasiliev, Alexander A. (1964). History of the Byzantine Empire, 324–1453, Volume II. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-299-80926-3.

[HistByz-5] Vasiliev, Aleksandr (1958). History of the Byzantine Empire. 2, Volume 2. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-299-80926-3.

[6] Birkenmeier, John W. (2002). The Development of the Komnenian Army: 1081–1180. BRILL. pp. 39. ISBN 90-04-11710-5.

[FOOTNOTENicol198894-7] Nicol 1988, p. 94.

[FOOTNOTENicol198895-8] Nicol 1988, p. 95.

[FOOTNOTENicol198897–99-9] Nicol 1988, pp. 97–99.

[FOOTNOTENicol1988100-10] Nicol 1988, p. 100.

[FOOTNOTENicol1988101-11] Nicol 1988, p. 101.

[Madden-12] Madden, Thomas F. (2003). Enrico Dandolo & the Rise of Venice. JHU Press. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-8018-7317-1.

[FOOTNOTENicol1988106-13] Nicol 1988, p. 106.

[Carroll-14] Carroll, Warren (1993). The Glory of Christendom, Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press, pp. 157, 131

[15] Harris, Jonathan (2006). Byzantium and the Crusades, ISBN 978-1-85285-501-7, pp. 111-112

[16] Garland, Lynda (1999). Byzantine Empresses, Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 208. ISBN 0-415-14688-7.

[FOOTNOTEFine199460-17] Fine 1994, p. 60.

[18] Antonio Rigo (2005). "Leone Toscano". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 64: Latilla–Levi Montalcini (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.

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-The '''Massacre of the Latins''' ({{lang-it|Massacro dei Latini}}; {{lang-el|Σφαγή των Λατίνων}}) was a large-scale massacre of the [[Latin Church|Roman Catholic]] (called "Latin") inhabitants of [[Constantinople]], the capital of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], by the [[Eastern Orthodox]] population of the city in April 1182.<ref name="Cambridge">{{cite book| title=The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages: 950-1250 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-521-26645-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1IhKYifENTMC | pages=506–508}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | first = Timothy | last = Gregory | title = A History of Byzantium | publisher = Wiley-Blackwell | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-1-4051-8471-7 | page=309}}</ref>
+The '''Massacre of the Latins''' ({{lang-it|Massacro dei Latini}}; {{lang-el|Σφαγὴ τῶν Λατίνων}}) was a large-scale massacre of the [[Latin Church|Roman Catholic]] (called "Latin") inhabitants of [[Constantinople]], the capital of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], by the [[Eastern Orthodox]] population of the city in April 1182.<ref name="Cambridge">{{harvnb|Ducellier|1986|pp=506–508}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book | first = Timothy | last = Gregory | title = A History of Byzantium | publisher = Wiley-Blackwell | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-1-4051-8471-7 | page=309}}</ref>
-The Roman Catholics of Constantinople at that time dominated the city's [[maritime trade]] and financial sector.<ref name="Cambridge"/> Although precise numbers are unavailable, the bulk of the Latin community, estimated at 60,000 at the time by [[Eustathius of Thessalonica]],<ref name="Cambridge"/> was wiped out or forced to flee. The [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] and [[Republic of Pisa|Pisan]] communities especially were decimated, and some 4,000 survivors were sold as [[slave]]s to the [[Sultanate of Rum|(Turkish) Sultanate of Rum]].<ref name="Nicol107">{{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations | page=107}}</ref>
+The Roman Catholics of Constantinople at that time dominated the city's [[maritime trade]] and financial sector.<ref name="Cambridge"/> Although precise numbers are unavailable, the bulk of the Latin community, estimated at 60,000 at the time by [[Eustathius of Thessalonica]],<ref name="Cambridge"/> was wiped out or forced to flee. The [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] and [[Republic of Pisa|Pisan]] communities especially were devastated, and some 4,000 survivors were sold as [[slave]]s to the [[Sultanate of Rum|(Turkish) Sultanate of Rum]].{{sfn|Nicol|1988|p=107}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vasiliev |first=Alexander A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U6PnAwAAQBAJ&dq=massacre+of+the+latins&pg=PA379 |title=History of the Byzantine Empire, 324–1453, Volume II |date=1964 |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |isbn=978-0-299-80926-3 |pages=379 |language=en}}</ref>
-The massacre further worsened relations and increased enmity between the [[Catholic Church|Western]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity|Eastern Christian]] churches,<ref name="HistByz">{{cite book | first = Aleksandr | last = Vasiliev | title = History of the Byzantine Empire. 2, Volume 2 | publisher = University of Wisconsin Press | year = 1958 | isbn = 978-0-299-80926-3 | page=446}}</ref> and a sequence of hostilities between the two followed.
+The massacre further worsened relations and increased enmity between the [[Catholic Church|Western]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity|Eastern Christian]] churches,<ref name="HistByz">{{cite book | first = Aleksandr | last = Vasiliev | title = History of the Byzantine Empire. 2, Volume 2 | publisher = University of Wisconsin Press | year = 1958 | isbn = 978-0-299-80926-3 | page = [https://archive.org/details/historyofbyzanti0000vasi/page/446 446] | url = https://archive.org/details/historyofbyzanti0000vasi/page/446 }}</ref> and a sequence of hostilities between the two followed.
 ==Background==
-From the late 11th century, Western merchants, primarily from the [[Italian city-states]] of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]], [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]] and [[Pisa]], had started appearing in the East. The first had been the Venetians, who had secured large-scale trading concessions from [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Alexios I Komnenos]]. Subsequent extensions of these privileges and Byzantium's own [[Byzantine navy#Komnenian period|naval impotence]] at the time resulted in a virtual maritime monopoly and stranglehold over the Empire by the Venetians.<ref>{{cite book | first = John W. | last = Birkenmeier | title = The Development of the Komnenian Army: 1081–1180 | publisher = BRILL | year = 2002 | isbn = 90-04-11710-5 | pages=39}}</ref>
+From the late 11th century, Western merchants, primarily from the [[Italian city-states]] of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]], [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]] and [[Republic of Pisa|Pisa]], had started appearing in the East. The first had been the Venetians, who had secured large-scale trading concessions from [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Alexios I Komnenos]]. Subsequent extensions of these privileges and Byzantium's own [[Byzantine navy#Komnenian period|naval impotence]] at the time resulted in a virtual maritime monopoly and stranglehold over the Empire by the Venetians.<ref>{{cite book | first = John W. | last = Birkenmeier | title = The Development of the Komnenian Army: 1081–1180 | url = https://archive.org/details/developmentkomne00birk | url-access = limited | publisher = BRILL | year = 2002 | isbn = 90-04-11710-5 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/developmentkomne00birk/page/n30 39]}}</ref>
-Alexios' grandson, [[Manuel I Komnenos]], wishing to reduce their influence, began to reduce the privileges of Venice while concluding agreements with her rivals: [[Republic of Pisa|Pisa]], [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]] and [[Duchy of Amalfi|Amalfi]].<ref name="Nicol94">{{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations | page=94}}</ref> Gradually, all four Italian cities were also allowed to establish their own quarters in the northern part of Constantinople itself, towards the [[Golden Horn]].
+Alexios' grandson, [[Manuel I Komnenos]], wishing to reduce their influence, began to reduce the privileges of Venice while concluding agreements with her rivals: [[Republic of Pisa|Pisa]], [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]] and [[Duchy of Amalfi|Amalfi]].{{sfn|Nicol|1988|p=94}} Gradually, all four Italian cities were also allowed to establish their own quarters in the northern part of Constantinople itself, towards the [[Golden Horn]].
 The predominance of the Italian merchants caused economic and social upheaval in Byzantium: it accelerated the decline of the independent native merchants in favour of big exporters, who became tied to the [[landed aristocracy]], who in turn increasingly amassed large estates.<ref name="Cambridge"/> Together with the perceived arrogance of the Italians, it fueled popular resentment amongst the middle and lower classes both in the countryside and in the cities.<ref name="Cambridge"/>
-The religious differences between the two sides, who viewed each other as [[East–West Schism|schism]]atics, further exacerbated the problem.  The Italians proved uncontrollable by imperial authority: in 1162, for instance, the Pisans together with a few Venetians raided the Genoese quarter in Constantinople, causing much damage.<ref name="Cambridge"/> Emperor Manuel subsequently expelled most of the Genoese and Pisans from the city, thus giving the Venetians a free hand for several years.<ref name="Nicol95">{{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations | page=95}}</ref>
+The religious differences between the two sides, who viewed each other as [[East–West Schism|schism]]atics, further exacerbated the problem.  The Italians proved uncontrollable by imperial authority: in 1162, for instance, the Pisans together with a few Venetians raided the Genoese quarter in Constantinople, causing much damage.<ref name="Cambridge"/> Emperor Manuel subsequently expelled most of the Genoese and Pisans from the city, thus giving the Venetians a free hand for several years.{{sfn|Nicol|1988|p=95}}
-In early 1171, however, when the Venetians attacked and largely destroyed the Genoese quarter in Constantinople, the Emperor retaliated by ordering the [[mass arrest]] of all Venetians throughout the Empire and the confiscation of their property. There were also mass rapes and the burning of houses. A subsequent Venetian expedition in the Aegean failed: a direct assault was impossible due to the strength of the imperial forces, and the Venetians agreed to negotiations, which the Emperor stalled intentionally. As talks dragged on through the winter, the Venetian fleet waited at [[Chios]], until an outbreak of the plague forced them to withdraw.<ref>{{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations | pages=97–99}}</ref>
+In early 1171, however, when the Venetians attacked and largely destroyed the Genoese quarter in Constantinople, the Emperor retaliated by ordering the [[mass arrest]] of all Venetians throughout the Empire and the confiscation of their property. There were also mass rapes and the burning of houses. A subsequent Venetian expedition in the Aegean failed: a direct assault was impossible due to the strength of the imperial forces, and the Venetians agreed to negotiations, which the Emperor stalled intentionally. As talks dragged on through the winter, the Venetian fleet waited at [[Chios]], until an outbreak of the plague forced them to withdraw.{{sfn|Nicol|1988|pp=97–99}}
-The Venetians and the Empire remained at war, with the Venetians prudently avoiding direct confrontation but sponsoring Serb uprisings, besieging [[Ancona]], Byzantium's last stronghold in Italy, and signing a treaty with the Norman [[Kingdom of Sicily]].<ref>{{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations | page=100}}</ref> Relations were only gradually normalized: there is evidence of a treaty in 1179,<ref>{{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations | page=101}}</ref> although a full restoration of relations would only be reached in the mid-1180s.<ref name="Madden">{{cite book | last=Madden | first=Thomas F. | title=Enrico Dandolo & the Rise of Venice | publisher=JHU Press | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-8018-7317-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5o3jlGTk0sC | pages=82–83}}</ref> Meanwhile, the [[Genoa|Genoese]] and [[Pisans]] profited from the dispute with Venice, and by 1180, it is estimated that up to 60,000 Latins lived in Constantinople.<ref name="Cambridge"/>
+The Venetians and the Empire remained at war, with the Venetians prudently avoiding direct confrontation but sponsoring Serb uprisings, besieging [[Ancona]], Byzantium's last stronghold in Italy, and signing a treaty with the Norman [[Kingdom of Sicily]].{{sfn|Nicol|1988|p=100}} Relations were only gradually normalized: there is evidence of a treaty in 1179,{{sfn|Nicol|1988|p=101}} although a full restoration of relations would only be reached in the mid-1180s.<ref name="Madden">{{cite book | last=Madden | first=Thomas F. | title=Enrico Dandolo & the Rise of Venice | publisher=JHU Press | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-8018-7317-1 | url=https://archive.org/details/enricodandoloris00madd | url-access=registration | pages=[https://archive.org/details/enricodandoloris00madd/page/82 82]–83}}</ref> Meanwhile, the [[Genoa|Genoese]] and [[Pisans]] profited from the dispute with Venice, and by 1180, it is estimated that up to 60,000 Latins lived in Constantinople.<ref name="Cambridge"/>
 ==Death of Manuel I and massacre==
-Following the death of Manuel I in 1180, his widow, the Latin princess [[Maria of Antioch]], acted as regent to her infant son [[Alexios II Komnenos]]. Her regency was notorious for the favoritism shown to Latin merchants and the big aristocratic land-owners, and was overthrown in April 1182 by [[Andronikos I Komnenos]], who entered the city in a wave of popular support.<ref name="Cambridge"/><ref>{{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations | page=106}}</ref> Almost immediately, the celebrations spilled over into violence towards the hated Latins, and after entering the city's Latin quarter a mob began attacking the inhabitants.<ref name="HistByz"/>
+Following the death of Manuel I in 1180, his widow, the Latin princess [[Maria of Antioch]], acted as regent to her infant son [[Alexios II Komnenos]]. Her regency was notorious for the favoritism shown to Latin merchants and the big aristocratic land-owners, and was overthrown in April 1182 by [[Andronikos I Komnenos]], who entered the city in a wave of popular support.<ref name="Cambridge"/>{{sfn|Nicol|1988|p=106}} Almost immediately, the celebrations spilled over into violence towards the hated Latins, and after entering the city's Latin quarter a mob began attacking the inhabitants.<ref name="HistByz"/>
-Many had anticipated the events and escaped by sea.<ref name="Nicol107"/> The ensuing massacre was indiscriminate: neither women nor children were spared, and Latin patients lying in hospital beds were murdered.<ref name="HistByz"/> Houses, churches, and charities were [[looting|looted]].<ref name="HistByz"/> Latin clergymen received special attention, and Cardinal John, the [[papal legate]], was beheaded and his head was dragged through the streets at the tail of a dog.<ref name="Nicol107"/><ref name="Carroll">Carroll, Warren (1993). ''The Glory of Christendom'', Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press, pp. 157, 131</ref>
+Many had anticipated the events and escaped by sea.{{sfn|Nicol|1988|p=107}} The ensuing massacre was indiscriminate: neither women nor children were spared, and Latin patients lying in hospital beds were murdered.<ref name="HistByz"/> Houses, churches, and charities were [[looting|looted]].<ref name="HistByz"/> Latin clergymen received special attention, and Cardinal John, the [[papal legate]], was beheaded and his head was dragged through the streets at the tail of a dog.{{sfn|Nicol|1988|p=107}}<ref name="Carroll">Carroll, Warren (1993). ''The Glory of Christendom'', Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press, pp. 157, 131</ref>
-Although Andronikos himself had no particular anti-Latin attitude, he allowed the massacre to proceed unchecked.<ref>Harris, Jonathan (2006). ''Byzantium and the Crusades'', {{ISBN|978-1-85285-501-7}}, pp. 111-112</ref> Andronikos had managed to incite the anti-Latin sentiment of Constantinopolitans, on the grounds that the empress and the ''protosebastos'' had bought the Latin support by promising them the chance of plundering the city.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Byzantine Empresses, Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204|last=Garland|first=Lynda|publisher=Routledge|year=1999|isbn=0-415-14688-7|location=London and New York|pages=208}}</ref>
+Although Andronikos himself had no particular anti-Latin attitude, he allowed the massacre to proceed unchecked.<ref>Harris, Jonathan (2006). ''Byzantium and the Crusades'', {{ISBN|978-1-85285-501-7}}, pp. 111-112</ref> Andronikos had managed to incite the anti-Latin sentiment of Constantinopolitans, on the grounds that the empress and the ''protosebastos'' had bought the Latin support by promising them the chance of plundering the city.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Byzantine Empresses, Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204|url=https://archive.org/details/byzantineempress00garl|url-access=limited|last=Garland|first=Lynda|publisher=Routledge|year=1999|isbn=0-415-14688-7|location=London and New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/byzantineempress00garl/page/n228 208]}}</ref>
+During the massacre Empress Maria was put under house arrest, before finally being executed.
 ==Impact==
-The massacre further worsened the image of the Byzantines in the West, and although regular trade agreements were soon resumed between Byzantium and Latin states, the underlying hostility would remain, leading to a spiraling chain of hostilities: a Norman expedition under [[William II of Sicily]] in 1185 [[Sack of Thessalonica (1185)|sacked Thessalonica]], the Empire's second largest city, and the German emperors [[Frederick Barbarossa]] and [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]] both threatened to attack Constantinople.<ref>{{The Late Medieval Balkans | page=60}}</ref>
+The massacre further worsened the image of the Byzantines in the West, and although regular trade agreements were soon resumed between Byzantium and Latin states, the underlying hostility would remain, leading to a spiraling chain of hostilities: a Sicilian expedition under [[William II of Sicily]] in 1185 [[Sack of Thessalonica (1185)|sacked Thessalonica]], the Empire's second largest city, and the German emperors [[Frederick Barbarossa]] and [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]] both threatened to attack Constantinople.{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=60}}
 The worsening relationship culminated with the brutal [[Siege of Constantinople (1204)|sack of the city of Constantinople]] by the [[Fourth Crusade]] in 1204, which led to the permanent alienation of Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics. The massacre itself however remains relatively obscure, and Catholic historian [[Warren Carroll]] notes that "Historians who wax eloquent and indignant—with considerable reason—about the sack of Constantinople ... rarely if ever mention the massacre of the Westerners in ... 1182."<ref name="Carroll"/>
+The Italian-born translator and Byzantine chancery official [[Leo Tuscus]] was among the Latins who survived the massacre.<ref>{{DBI|title=Leone Toscano|author=Antonio Rigo|volume=64|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/leone-toscano_(Dizionario-Biografico)/}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 *[[Battle of Demetritzes]]
 *[[East–West Schism]]
+*[[Catholic–Eastern Orthodox relations|Catholic-Eastern Orthodox relations]]
 ==References==
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+==Sources==
+* {{cite book | last = Ducellier | first = Alain | chapter = The death throes of Byzantium: 1080–1261 | pages = 489–524 | title=The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages: 950-1250 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-521-26645-1 | url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr00robe | url-access=registration}}
+* {{The Late Medieval Balkans}}
+* {{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations }}
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+[[Category:Mass murder in Istanbul]]
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 [[Category:Anti-Catholic riots]]
 [[Category:Anti-Catholicism in Eastern Orthodoxy]]
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+[[Category:Attacks on hospitals in Europe]]
+[[Category:Attacks on hospitals in Asia]]
+[[Category:1182 in Asia]]