The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto Classics)

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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An aparitie	2012
Autor	Steven Runciman
Dimensiuni	13,8 x 1,5 x 21,6 cm
Editura	Cambridge University Press
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781107604698
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	272