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The fall of Constantinople, 1453 / by Steven Runciman

By:

Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1988, c1965.Description: xiv, 256 p : ill., maps (1 fold.) ports ; 23 cmContent type:

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ISBN:

0521095735 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1453

DDC classification:

949.504

Summary: "The fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom which had failed to see the city's plight and had sent negligible help. 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 beginning of long centuries of captivity. It also meant the end of the civilization of Byzantium and set off the exodus of scholars which enlivened Greek studies in the European Renaissance."-- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	949.504 RUN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010068

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"The fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom which had failed to see the city's plight and had sent negligible help. 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 beginning of long centuries of captivity. It also meant the end of the civilization of Byzantium and set off the exodus of scholars which enlivened Greek studies in the European Renaissance."-- Publisher's description.