The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453: Historiography, Topography, and Military StudiesThis 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. |
Contents
Scholarship and the Siege of 1453 | 3 |
A Ghost a Pope a Merchant and a Boy | 93 |
Sphrantzes and PseudoSphrantzes | 139 |
Folk History | 193 |
PART TWO THE SWORD | 297 |
Prelude to the Siege of 1453 | 359 |
A Castle and a Bombard | 397 |
Subordinate Operations | 429 |
Some Observations on Strategy | 547 |
Conclusions | 561 |
Ephemeris of the Siege | 571 |
Texts on the Execution of Loukas Notaras | 597 |
Kerkoporta | 619 |
Some Defenders and NonCombatants | 625 |
Bibliography | 663 |
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