What is it about?
The mosaics represent a papal version of the fourth crusade and reflect the ascendancy enjoyed by Innocent III at Ravenna
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Why is it important?
It calls into question the current interpretation that the mosaics represent a Venetian view of the fourth crusade
Perspectives
It finesses the career of Thomas Morosini, the first Latin patriarch of Constantinople
Prof Michael JJ Angold
University of Edinburgh
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This page is a summary of: A Papal Version of the Fourth Crusade: The Mosaics of San Giovanni Evangelista at Ravenna, Speculum, October 2019, University of Chicago Press,
DOI: 10.1086/705291.
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