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Constantinople

Author	: Roger Crowley
Publisher	: Faber & Faber Non Fiction
Release Date	: 2013
ISBN	: 9780571298204
Pages	: 0 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Constantinople written by Roger Crowley and published by Faber & Faber Non Fiction. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constantinople is narrative history at its very best: an intense, extraordinary tale of courage and cruelty, technological ingenuity, endurance and luck.

Constantinople, 1453

Author	: David Nicolle
Publisher	: Greenwood
Release Date	: 2005
ISBN	:
Pages	: 106 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Constantinople, 1453 written by David Nicolle and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2005 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453

Author	: Marios Philippides
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2017-05-02
ISBN	: 1317016084
Pages	: 816 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 written by Marios Philippides and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

1453

Author	: Roger Crowley
Publisher	: Hyperion
Release Date	: 2005-08-10
ISBN	:
Pages	: 336 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book 1453 written by Roger Crowley and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2005-08-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and the medieval era, and the implications of the siege for the relationship between the West and Islam.

Landmauer Von Konstantinopel-Istanbul

Author	: Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger
Publisher	: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date	: 2007
ISBN	: 9783110196450
Pages	: 400 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Landmauer Von Konstantinopel-Istanbul written by Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millennium pursues an interdisciplinary approach transcending historical eras. The international editorial board and the advisory board represent a wide range of disciplines - contributions from art and literary studies are just as welcome as historical, theological and philosophical disciplines; contributions on Latin and Greek cultures just as welcome as on Oriental cultures.

Introduction to Byzantium, 602–1453

Author	: Jonathan Harris
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2020-04-13
ISBN	: 135136877X
Pages	: 298 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Byzantium, 602–1453 written by Jonathan Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Byzantium, 602–1453 provides students with an accessible guide to medieval Byzantium. Beginning with the near collapse of Byzantium in the seventh century, the book traces its survival and development through to its absorption by the Ottoman empire. As well as having an overall political narrative, the chapters cover a wide range of topics including society and economy, art and architecture, literature and education, military tactics and diplomacy, gender and education. They also explore themes that remain prominent and highly debated today, including relations between Islam and the West, the impact of the Crusades, the development of Russia, and the emergence of Orthodox Christianity. Comprehensively written, each chapter provides an overview of the particular period or topic, a summary of the ongoing historiographical debates, primary source material textboxes, further reading recommendations and a ‘points to remember’ section. Introduction to Byzantium, 602–453 provides students with a thorough introduction to the history of Byzantium and equips them with the tools to write successful analytical essays. It is essential reading for any student of the history of the Byzantine empire.

Constantinople

Author	: Roger Crowley
Publisher	: Faber & Faber
Release Date	: 2009-08-06
ISBN	: 0571250793
Pages	: 336 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Constantinople written by Roger Crowley and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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 Times In 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

Islamic Empires

Author	: Justin Marozzi
Publisher	: Penguin UK
Release Date	: 2019-08-29
ISBN	: 0241199050
Pages	: 464 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Islamic Empires written by Justin Marozzi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas, its cities unrivalled powerhouses of artistic grandeur, commercial power, spiritual sanctity and forward-looking thinking. Islamic Empires is a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities over fifteen centuries, from the beginnings of Islam in Mecca in the seventh century to the astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first. It dwells on the most remarkable dynasties ever to lead the Muslim world - the Abbasids of Baghdad, the Umayyads of Damascus and Cordoba, the Merinids of Fez, the Ottomans of Istanbul, the Mughals of India and the Safavids of Isfahan - and some of the most charismatic leaders in Muslim history, from Saladin in Cairo and mighty Tamerlane of Samarkand to the poet-prince Babur in his mountain kingdom of Kabul and the irrepressible Maktoum dynasty of Dubai. It focuses on these fifteen cities at some of the defining moments in Islamic history: from the Prophet Mohammed receiving his divine revelations in Mecca and the First Crusade of 1099 to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal creation of the merchant republic of Beirut in the nineteenth century.

The Last Crusade

Author	: Nigel Cliff
Publisher	: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date	: 2012-04-01
ISBN	: 0857897748
Pages	: 300 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book The Last Crusade written by Nigel Cliff and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies, opening up access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history; the ships were pushed to their limits, their crews were racked by storms and devastated by disease. However, the greatest enemy was neither nature nor the fear of venturing into unknown worlds. With blood-red Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails, the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East at a time when the old hostilities between Christianity and Islam had intensified. In two voyages that spanned six years, Vasco da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents. The Last Crusade is an epic tale of spies, intrigue, and treachery; of bravado, brinkmanship, and confused - often comical collisions - between cultures encountering one another for the first time. With the world once again tipping back East, The Last Crusade offers a key to understanding age-old religious and cultural rivalries resurgent today.

The Fall of Constantinople

Author	: 50 minutes
Publisher	: 50Minutes.com
Release Date	: 2016-04-26
ISBN	: 2806273064
Pages	: 42 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Constantinople written by 50 minutes and published by 50Minutes.com. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Fall of Constantinople in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Fall of Constantinople. In May 1453, Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottomans after a 53-day siege. This conquest marked the end of the mighty Roman Empire and a key point in the Ottoman advance to the West. The collapse of the Byzantine Empire is a major event in European history, and is seen by some as signalling the end of the Middle Ages in Europe. In just 50 minutes you will: • Understand the historical, political and social context of mid-15th century Europe • Identify the two forces in the battle and their reasons for fighting • Analyse the outcome of the battle and its role in the end of the Byzantine Empire and the golden age of the Ottomans ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | History & Culture 50MINUTES.COM will enable you to quickly understand the main events, people, conflicts and discoveries from world history that have shaped the world we live in today. Our publications present the key information on a wide variety of topics in a quick and accessible way that is guaranteed to save you time on your journey of discovery.

Der Schild Europas

Author	: Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1965
ISBN	:
Pages	: 309 pages
Rating	: 4.:/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Der Schild Europas written by Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Byzantium

Author	: Judith Herrin
Publisher	: Princeton University Press
Release Date	: 2009-09-28
ISBN	: 0691143692
Pages	: 416 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Byzantium written by Judith Herrin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium—long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about Byzantium—what it was, and what special significance it holds for us today. Bringing the latest scholarship to a general audience in accessible prose, Herrin focuses each short chapter around a representative theme, event, monument, or historical figure, and examines it within the full sweep of Byzantine history—from the foundation of Constantinople, the magnificent capital city built by Constantine the Great, to its capture by the Ottoman Turks. She argues that Byzantium's crucial role as the eastern defender of Christendom against Muslim expansion during the early Middle Ages made Europe—and the modern Western world—possible. Herrin captivates us with her discussions of all facets of Byzantine culture and society. She walks us through the complex ceremonies of the imperial court. She describes the transcendent beauty and power of the church of Hagia Sophia, as well as chariot races, monastic spirituality, diplomacy, and literature. She reveals the fascinating worlds of military usurpers and ascetics, eunuchs and courtesans, and artisans who fashioned the silks, icons, ivories, and mosaics so readily associated with Byzantine art. An innovative history written by one of our foremost scholars, Byzantium reveals this great civilization's rise to military and cultural supremacy, its spectacular destruction by the Fourth Crusade, and its revival and final conquest in 1453.

A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2003-2006

Author	: Kelly DeVries
Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2008-01-31
ISBN	: 9047432592
Pages	: 504 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2003-2006 written by Kelly DeVries and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-31 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second update to the Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology (Brill, 2002) includes additional entries for the period before 2003 and new entries for the period 2003-2006.

1453 a Tale of Two Battles

Author	: Julian Reynolds
Publisher	: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date	: 2021-10-13
ISBN	: 1664106804
Pages	: 218 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book 1453 a Tale of Two Battles written by Julian Reynolds and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the author’s second published by Xlibris, the first being Defending Rome: The Masters of the Soldiers, published in 2011. It explores the consequences of two battles fought in 1453 – the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in May and the French victory over the English two months later at Castillon in the last battle of the Hundred Years War. The book considers the impact of these events on a diverse range of topics, including military outcomes, strategic consequences, economic developments, and cultural and religious implications. It concludes by assessing the significance of these two battles in influencing the transition of Europe from the medieval to the modern age.

City of Fortune

Author	: Roger Crowley
Publisher	: Faber & Faber
Release Date	: 2011-08-04
ISBN	: 0571279236
Pages	: 432 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book City of Fortune written by Roger Crowley and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the fight to the finish with Genoa and a desperate defence against the Turks. Under the lion banner of St Mark, she created an empire of ports and naval bases which funnelled the goods of the world through its wharfs. In the process the city became the richest place on earth - a brilliant mosaic fashioned from what it bought, traded, borrowed and stole. Based on first hand accounts of trade and warfare, seafaring and piracy and the places where Venetians sailed and died, City of Fortune is narrative history at its finest. Beginning on Ascension Day in the year 1000 and ending with an explosion off the coast of Greece - and the calamitous news that the Portuguese had pioneered a sea route to India - it will fascinate anyone who loves Venice and the Mediterranean world.

Powers and Thrones

Author	: Dan Jones
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2021-09-02
ISBN	: 178954355X
Pages	: 842 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book Powers and Thrones written by Dan Jones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times, New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year 'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is' Sunday Times 'A great achievement, pulling together many strands with aplomb' Peter Frankopan, Spectator, Books of the Year 'It's so delightful to encounter a skilled historian of such enormous energy who's never afraid of being entertaining' The Times, Books of the Year 'An amazing masterly gripping panorama' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A badass history writer... to put it mildly' Duff McKagan 'A triumph' Charles Spencer Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. It is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of the once-mighty city of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD 410, to the first contacts between the old and new worlds in the sixteenth century. It shows how, from a state of crisis and collapse, the West was rebuilt and came to dominate the entire globe. The book identifies three key themes that underpinned the success of the West: commerce, conquest and Christianity. Across 16 chapters, blending Dan Jones's trademark gripping narrative style with authoritative analysis, Powers and Thrones shows how, at each stage in this story, successive western powers thrived by attracting – or stealing – the most valuable resources, ideas and people from the rest of the world. It casts new light on iconic locations – Rome, Paris, Venice, Constantinople – and it features some of history's most famous and notorious men and women. This is a book written about – and for – an age of profound change, and it asks the biggest questions about the West both then and now. Where did we come from? What made us? Where do we go from here? Also available in audio, read by the author.

The Fight

Author	: Landan O'Ban
Publisher	: Bookbaby
Release Date	: 2022-01-12
ISBN	: 9781667818290
Pages	: 474 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book The Fight written by Landan O'Ban and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fight is a work of historical fiction, of military history, written as the eye-witness account of George Sphrantzes, advisor to the Roman Emperor Constantine the Eleventh. The Fight follows the battles, sieges, naval engagements, and politics of the grinding-war between the Roman and Turkish Empires, through the climactic events that led to the awakening of Europe and the discovery of the Americas. The year is 1448, and the Mediterranean World is at war. George Sphrantzes is assigned to the Despotate of the Morea, a backwater province of the backwater Eastern Roman Empire. The glory days of Rome are a thousand years in the past. It's a dead-end assignment. Nothing ever happens in the Empire, not for a thousand years. Least of all in sleepy, southern Greece. But the Morea has a new Prince in charge, and he has no intention of sitting quietly in Southern Greece waiting for the Turks to finish the job. The Prince has a plan, and that plan has nothing to do with staying on the defensive... The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire advances across Eastern Europe, battering down the Lords of Hungary and vying with the City States of Italy for dominance of the Mediterranean World. The shattered remnant of the Roman Empire clings to Constantinople and the southern half of Greece, surviving in the shadow of the Turkish Empire. The Roman Empire has endured for two-thousand years, but for how much longer? Is there strength enough left in the Double Walls to resist a fresh-onslaught from a young, power-hungry Sultan with an eye on the glittering prize of Constantinople? But the Roman Empire is not emptied of power, not yet. Not with Emperor Constantine the Eleventh and his band of champions, determined to defend the last-bastion of Imperial Power and the gateway to Europe.