The fall of Constantinople, 1453 / by Steven Runciman.

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,...

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Main Author: Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990
Edition:Canto ed.
Series:Canto
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505 0 |a 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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