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La Première Croisade. L'appel de l'Orient. antiquité By shifting the focus fromThe First Crusade is one of the most famous events in history. The Greek, Armenian, Arabic, and Syriac texts that bear witness to it are incredibly rich. Yet until now, many questions have remained unanswered and many sources ignored. By placing the site of his investigation in Constantinople, at the heart of the Byzantine Empire, and during the reign of Alexios I Komnenos, Peter Frankopan radically shifts the focus. He reveals a different story of