Fall of Constantinople 1453

Name: Fall of Constantinople 1453
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ISBN: 9781107604698

ISBN-10: 1107604699

ISBN-13: 9781107604698

Edition: 2012

Authors: Steven Runciman

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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.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Sir Steven Runciman, one of the most acclaimed historians of the Byzantine era, was the author of many influential works, including the three-volume History of the Crusades.



List of plates


List of figures


Preface



The dying empire



The rising sultanate



The emperor and the sultan



The price of Western aid



Preparations for the siege



The siege begins



The loss of the Golden Horn



Fading hope



The last days of Byzantium



The fall of Constantinople



The fate of the vanquished



Europe and the conqueror



The survivors



Principal sources for a history of the fall of Constantinople



The churches of Constantinople after the conquest


Notes


Bibliography


Index