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Did the Crusaders give the land they conquered back to the Byzantines?

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At the beginning of the First Crusade, Crusader armies assembled at Constantinople and promised to return to the Byzantine Empire any land they might conquer.
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The Crusaders gave the land they conquered back to the Byzantines after the First Crusade, but they kept the land they conquered during the Fourth Crusade. The Crusaders also gave some of the conquered land to the Latin Church. There was no formal agreement between the Crusaders and the Byzantines about the conquered land, and the Byzantines did not always agree to pay the Crusaders for their help in defending the Byzantine Empire.

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