1st Edition
The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans Context and Consequences
By Michael Angold
Copyright 2012
240 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface
1 The fall of Constantinople as a turning point
2 Byzantium on the eve
3 The Greek reaction
4 The Western reaction
5 The Russian reaction
6 The Ottoman reaction
7 What was lost?
Further reading
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Angold, Michael
