Daily reminder that the catholic church is the people who or

>>136482287
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Latins

Care to explain this then?

>>136483793
>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

>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.[7]

>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.[1] 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.[8]

>subvert constantinople
>people get tired of your shit
>you get the pope to send a bunch of whites to invade it and give it back to (((merchants)))

>>136484802
Basically, in other words: jews try to fuck up constantinople like they did rome using the exact same methods of brewing infighting. Emperor gets told by the people that these kikes are fucking things up for everyone. he lets it go on because he thinks the PR from killing them all would be too bad. They still end up getting more violent and subversive. Then they end up trying to incite a civil war in his own capital with their own factions.

>we dindu nuffin