The Fall of Constantinople 1453 - Brossura

Runciman, Steven

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1107604699 ISBN 13: 9781107604698

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453 came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom.

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Descrizione del libro

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.

Contenuti

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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107604699
• ISBN 13: 9781107604698
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile