The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto Classics) - Softcover

Runciman, Steven

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9781107604698: The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto Classics)

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ISBN 10: 1107604699 ISBN 13: 9781107604698

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

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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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'Runciman [is] eminently accessible and readable.' Evangelicals Now

'Runciman �is� eminently accessible and readable.' Evangelicals Now

?Once again Sir Steven Runciman demonstrates his mastery of historical narrative ? an excellent tale, full of suspense and pathos ? He tells the story and, as always, tells it very elegantly.? History

???Once again Sir Steven Runciman demonstrates his mastery of historical narrative ??? an excellent tale, full of suspense and pathos ??? He tells the story and, as always, tells it very elegantly.??? History

'Once again Sir Steven Runciman demonstrates his mastery of historical narrative an excellent tale, full of suspense and pathos He tells the story and, as always, tells it very elegantly.' History

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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.

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