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The Siege And The Fall Of Constantinople In 1453
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Author : Marios Philippides
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-05-02
The Siege And The Fall Of Constantinople In 1453 written by Marios Philippides and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-02 with History categories.
This major study is a comprehensive scholarly work on a key moment in the history of Europe, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The result of years of research, it presents all available sources along with critical evaluations of these narratives. The authors have consulted texts in all relevant languages, both those that remain only in manuscript and others that have been printed, often in careless and inferior editions. Attention is also given to 'folk history' as it evolved over centuries, producing prominent myths and folktales in Greek, medieval Russian, Italian, and Turkish folklore. Part I, The Pen, addresses the complex questions introduced by this myriad of original literature and secondary sources.
Constantinople 1453
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Author : David Nicolle
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2005
Constantinople 1453 written by David Nicolle and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
This title details the epic four-month siege of the city of Constantinople, last vestige of the once mighty Roman and Byzantine Empires. Mehmet 'The Conqueror' led an army of 80,000 men with a massive siege train against the city. Defending were a mere 10,000 men under the Emperor Constantine XI. The Turkish artillery battered the ancient city walls mercilessly, levelling a large section. A gallant defence held off the massive Turkish assault for several hours. Refusing appeals to flee, Constantine returned to the breaches and fought until overwhelmed and killed. Thus died the last Emperor of the Byzantines and with him his once glorious empire. David Nicolle examines one of the most famous military encounters in history, which marked the final demise of the Roman/Byzantine Empire.
1453
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Author : Roger Crowley
language : en
Publisher: Hachette Books
Release Date : 2013-02-12
1453 written by Roger Crowley and has been published by Hachette Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-12 with History categories.
A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmet II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a precursor to the current conflict between the West and the Middle East. For a thousand years Constantinople was quite simply "the city": fabulously wealthy, imperial, intimidating - and Christian. Singlehandedly it blunted early Arab enthusiasm for Holy War; when a second wave of Islamic warriors swept out of the Asian steppes in the Middle Ages, Constantinople was the ultimate prize: "The Red Apple." It was a city that had always lived under threat. On average it had survived a siege every forty years for a millennium – until the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmet II, twenty-one years old and hungry for glory, rode up to the walls in April 1453 with a huge army, "numberless as the stars." 1453 is the taut, vivid story of this final struggle for the city, told largely through the accounts of eyewitnesses. For fifty-five days a tiny group of defenders defied the huge Ottoman army in a seesawing contest fought on land, at sea, and underground. During the course of events, the largest cannon ever built was directed against the world’s most formidable defensive system, Ottoman ships were hauled overland into the Golden Horn, and the morale of defenders was crucially undermined by unnerving portents. At the center is the contest between two inspirational leaders, Mehmed II and Constantine XI, fighting for empire and religious faith, and an astonishing finale in a few short hours on May 29, 1453 – a defining moment for medieval history. 1453 is both a gripping work of narrative history and an account of the war between Christendom and Islam that still has echoes in the modern world.
Fall Of Constantinople
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
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The Fall Of Constantinople To The Ottomans
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Author : Michael Angold
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-11
The Fall Of Constantinople To The Ottomans written by Michael Angold and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with History categories.
The fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453 marked the end of a thousand years of the Christian Roman Empire. Thereafter, world civilisation began a process of radical change. The West came to identify itself as Europe; the Russians were set on the path of autocracy; the Ottomans were transformed into a world power while the Greeks were left exiles in their own land. The loss of Constantinople created a void. How that void was to be filled is the subject of this book. Michael Angold examines the context of late Byzantine civilisation and the cultural negotiation which allowed the city of Constantinople to survive for so long in the face of Ottoman power. He shows how the devastating impact of its fall lay at the centre of a series of interlocking historical patterns which marked this time of decisive change for the late medieval world. This concise and original study will be essential reading for students and scholars of Byzantine and late medieval history, as well as anyone with an interest in this significant turning point in world history.
Constantinople
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Author : Roger Crowley
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2009-08-06
Constantinople written by Roger Crowley and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-06 with History categories.
'Engagingly fresh and vivid . . . The 21-year-old Mehmet [the Ottoman Sultan] emerges from this book as ruthless but innovative, irascible but versatile and, above all, indefatigable - a worthy successor to Alexander and the Roman emperors he admired as much as any Muslim hero.' Malise Ruthven, Sunday TimesIn the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. During the siege that followed, a small band of defenders, outnumbered ten to one, confronted the might of the Ottoman army in an epic contest fought on land, sea and underground.'In this account of the 1453 siege, written in crackling prose by former Istanbul resident Roger Crowley - his first book and not, I hope, his last - we are treated to narrative history at its most enthralling.' Christopher Silvester, Daily Express'A vivid and readable account of the siege . . . [And] an excellent traveller's guide to how and why Istanbul became a Muslim city.' Philip Mansel, Guardian
The Fall Of Constantinople
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Author : Ruth Tenzer Feldman
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2007-12-15
The Fall Of Constantinople written by Ruth Tenzer Feldman and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Examines how the fall of Constantinople to the Turkish Ottomans in 1453 marked the official end of the Byzantine Empire.
The Fall Of Constantinople 1453
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
The Fall Of Constantinople 1453 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Istanbul categories.
The Fall Of Constantinople 1453
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Author : Steven Runciman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Fall Of Constantinople 1453 written by Steven Runciman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with History categories.
While their victory ensured the Turks' survival, the conquest of Constantinople marked the end of Byzantine civilization for the Greeks, by triggering the scholarly exodus that caused an influx of Classical studies into the European Renaissance.
The Siege Of Constantinople 1453 Seven Contemporary Accounts
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
The Siege Of Constantinople 1453 Seven Contemporary Accounts written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with History categories.