Frankokratia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Francocracy, Latinokratia, Frankish rule in Greece
thumb|250px|The beginning of Frankokratia: the division of the Byzantine Empire after the [[Fourth Crusade ]] thumb|250px| Greek and Latin states in southern Greece, 1210 thumb|250px| The Eastern Mediterranean 1450 AD, showing the Ottoman Empire, the surviving [[Byzantine Empire (purple) and the various Latin possessions in Greece]]
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Latin states
- Latin Empire
- Minor Crusader principalities
- Genoese colonies
- Venetian colonies
- Linguistic influence
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|250px|The beginning of Frankokratia: the division of the Byzantine Empire after the [[Fourth Crusade ]] thumb|250px| Greek and Latin states in southern Greece, 1210 thumb|250px| The Eastern Mediterranean 1450 AD, showing the Ottoman Empire, the surviving [[Byzantine Empire (purple) and the various Latin possessions in Greece]]
The Frankish Occupation, also known as the Latin Occupation () and, for the Venetian domains, Venetian Occupation, were the collection of primarily French and Italian states, fiefs and colonies that were established by the on the territory of the partitioned Byzantine Empire following the Sack of Constantinople of 1204 during the Fourth crusade.
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