The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans: Context and Consequences

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 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.;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. Michael Angold examines the context of late Byzantine civilisation and the cultural negotiation which allowed t.