This year marks the 570th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, on 29 May 1453. The city at the Bosporus, on the border between the Mediterranean and the Black …

Jan 29, 2005 · Letter describing Archbishop Isidore’s capture by the Turks during the fall of Constantinople and his journey to Italy. The Knights of St. John on Rhodes write of the city’s …

What happened to the manuscripts at The Fall of Constantinople? Aghia Sophia As (Encyclopaedia Britannica 1980) indicates The Byzantine Empire lasted from 330CE - 1453 …

The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May …

Jun 27, 2017 · Illustrated manuscripts constitute an important source for Byzantine art, owing to the number of examples surviving across time and the great loss of monumental painting from …

May 29, 2010 · Selected Bibliography: The present narrative describing the siege and fall of Constantinople, in 1453, is based entirely on accounts written by eyewitnesses (people who …

On May 29, 1453, the city of Constantinople fell and signaled the official fall of the Byzantine Empire, even though it had been on its last legs for centuries. Indeed, by the time Constantine …

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 brought Turkish politics closer to western Europe. The Italian merchant cities already had commercial ties with the Ottomans …

Jun 30, 2014 · The Fall of Byzantine Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 is one of those monumental events that has captured the imagination of historians, writers, bards, and poets …

Hē halōsis tēs Kōnstantinoupoleōs : tetartē staurophoria = The fall of Constantinople : fourth crusade ; 357 p. ill. (1 col.), facsims ; 24 cm. "A critical edition with translation, grammatical …