The fall of Constantinople, 1453

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
Subjects:
Istanbul (Turkey) > History > Siege, 1453.
History.
Online Access:Table of contents
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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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