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The Fall of Constantinople 1453

Steven Runciman

Paperback | Pages: 270 pages

Rating: 4.3 | 1120 Users | 100 Reviews

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ISBN:	0521398320 (ISBN13: 9780521398329)
Edition Language:	English

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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. "... an excellent tale, full of suspense and pathos... He [Sir Steven Runciman] tells the story and, as always, tells it very elegantly." - History "This is a marvel of learning lightly worn..." - The Guardian

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Title	:	The Fall of Constantinople 1453
Author	:	Steven Runciman
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Canto
Pages	:	Pages: 270 pages
Published	:	November 30th 1990 by Cambridge University Press
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Medieval History. Historical. Medieval

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Runciman died in recent years after a below-the-radar series of neo-classic books often on Byzantine and related subjects. Like a new era J.B. Bury, Professor Runciman's erudition and brilliant writing style really brings historical subjects to life. See also his three volume history of The Crusades and his book The Sicilian Vespers.

An extraordinarily cogent narrative, a page-turner that doesn't wear its erudition on its sleeve. One star deducted for the obvious and necessary concessions to length and narrative. Two hundred pages of intricate diplomacy, battle, and fallout only to conclude that 1453 wasn't really important in the grand scheme. They don't make 'em like they used to.

A page-turner and a must read to explore the story of the siege and fall of Constantinople, based on various historical resources/diaries of Greek, Slavic and Western origin that are thought to be telling the events mostly in correlation with each other. Sad to find out that Turkish originated resources about the siege is just limited to specific events, rather than providing information in chronological order. Nevertheless I was tempted to think that the narrative was mostly far from being

This book has a lot of weaknesses. As of this writing, it is over 50 years old, and many of the "modern works" cited date from when the Ottoman Empire still existed. The author makes a number of unusual writing choices - at times he references "the Arab caliphate" - you know, the one-and-only! On page 58 there is a rather long and unusual description of the Sultan's physical features: "He was handsome, of middle height but strongly built. He face was dominated by a pair of piercing eyes, under

A moving and brilliant account, exceedingly well-written, of the fall of the great city of Greek Rome, perhaps the greatest disaster for Christianity since the Crucifixion. Alas, this episode has not yet been redeemed by a resurrection -- not yet.Western Christians do not know this history as they should: this slim volume is a good place to start.

This short book about the final moment of the Eastern Roman empire is pretty touching. My only objection has been the subject is a little too narrow, it'd have been more interesting if it was about the entire history of the Byzantine, nonetheless, I give it 3.5/5 stars for clarity and pathos. The Turks come out of this book pretty barbaric, it should be born in mind that this was an era where witches and heretics were burning on the stake, so while we admire the roman heroism, try not to let

It all started with a question from a dear friend: He wanted to know about a musical piece that I recommended to him many years ago. The piece was titled "Everytime the City Falls", and had been recorded by Audiofact, a group of jazz musicians from Turkey and USA [1]. It was an interesting and dynamic interpretation of a very old composition: A piece titled "Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae" by a Franco-Flemish composer, Guillaume Du Fay, written about 560 years ago,