The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans: Context and Consequences

By Michael Angold

Book Overview

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 Constantinople created a void. How that void was to be filled is the subject of this book.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138143588
• ISBN13: 9781138143586
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages