Perry's work represents a significant contribution to our understanding of the contested legacy and memory of the Fourth Crusade in the medieval West. His focus on the notion of narrative is quite brilliant; he shows that the medieval world understood something only recently explored by modern psychology: the power of narrative creativity to persuade where other means would undoubtedly fail.

David M. Perry. Sacred Plunder: Venice and the Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015.

From The Medieval Review (TMR). Review by Brendan McGuire, Christendom College