The Fall of Constantinople 1453
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- Author: Steven Runciman
- Date Published: March 2012
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107604698
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This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city's plight had been neglected and negligible help was sent in this crisis. To the Turks, victory not only brought a new imperial capital, but guaranteed that their empire would last. To the Greeks, the conquest meant the end of the civilisation of Byzantium and led to the exodus of scholars stimulating the tremendous expansion of Greek studies in the European Renaissance.
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- Date Published: March 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107604698
- length: 272 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 138 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.41kg
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
List of plates
List of figures
Preface
1. The dying empire
2. The rising sultanate
3. The emperor and the sultan
4. The price of Western aid
5. Preparations for the siege
6. The siege begins
7. The loss of the Golden Horn
8. Fading hope
9. The last days of Byzantium
10. The fall of Constantinople
11. The fate of the vanquished
12. Europe and the conqueror
13. The survivors
Appendix I. Principal sources for a history of the fall of Constantinople
Appendix II. The churches of Constantinople after the conquest
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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