The fall of Constantinople, 1453 / by Steven Runciman.

By: Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990Edition: Canto edDescription: xiv, 256 p., 8 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: 0521398320 (pbk.)Subject(s): Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1453DDC classification: 949.5/04 LOC classification: DR502 | .R86 1990Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents

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.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-245) and index.

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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