Author: Alexander Van MillingenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108014569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
A detailed description of the walls of Byzantine Constantinople with illustrations, maps and plans.
Byzantine Constantinople
Author: Alexander Van MillingenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108014569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
A detailed description of the walls of Byzantine Constantinople with illustrations, maps and plans.
The Walls of Constantinople
Author: Bernard Granville BakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The University Museum
Author: George Byron GordonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Byzantine Constantinople
Author: Alexander Van MillingenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Byzantine
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Byzantine Constantinople
Author: Alexander van MillingenPublisher: Elibron Classics
ISBN: 9781402184543
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by John Murray in London, 1899.
The Walls of Constantinople AD 324–1453
Author: Stephen TurnbullPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782002502
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The walls of Constantinople are the greatest surviving example of European medieval military architecture in the world. They withstood numerous sieges until being finally overcome by the artillery of Mehmet the Conqueror in 1453, and exist today as a time capsule of Byzantine and Medieval history. This book examines the main defensive system protecting the landward side of the city, which consisted of three parallel walls about 5 miles long. The walls defended the city against intruders, including Attila the Hun, before finally being breached by European knights during the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and, ultimately, destroyed by Turkish artillery in 1453.
Constantinople and its Hinterland
Author: Cyril MangoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135194942X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
From its foundation, the city of Constantinople dominated the Byzantine world. It was the seat of the emperor, the centre of government and church, the focus of commerce and culture, by far the greatest urban centre; its needs in terms of supplies and defense imposed their own logic on the development of the empire. Byzantine Constantinople has traditionally been treated in terms of the walled city and its immediate suburbs. In this volume, containing 25 papers delivered at the 27th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies held at Oxford in 1993, the perspective has been enlarged to encompass a wider geographical setting, that of the city’s European and Asiatic hinterland. Within this framework a variety of interconnected topics have been addressed, ranging from the bare necessities of life and defence to manufacture and export, communications between the capital and its hinterland, culture and artistic manifestations and the role of the sacred.
The Walls of Constantinople AD 324–1453
Author: Stephen TurnbullPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782002243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
The walls of Constantinople are the greatest surviving example of European medieval military architecture in the world. They withstood numerous sieges until being finally overcome by the artillery of Mehmet the Conqueror in 1453, and exist today as a time capsule of Byzantine and Medieval history. This book examines the main defensive system protecting the landward side of the city, which consisted of three parallel walls about 5 miles long. The walls defended the city against intruders, including Attila the Hun, before finally being breached by European knights during the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and, ultimately, destroyed by Turkish artillery in 1453.
The Walls of Constantinople
Author: Bernard G. BakerThe Walls of Byzantium
Author: James HeneagePublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1782061134
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
'One hell of a fine book' Conn Iggulden IN AN AGE OF CLASHING EMPIRES, DARK FORCES FROM THE EAST ENDANGER THE FIRST LIGHT OF THE WESTERN RENAISSANCE... It is an age of ruthless rulers, divided churches, fractured dynasties and intrepid traders. It is an age of great cities like Venice and Constantinople; an age of conquerors like Tamerlane who will drown the world in blood; an age when only a hero of exceptional gifts can make a difference. Luke Magoris is that hero. A hero who will find himself committed to a long journey to discover - and try to avoid - his destiny. He will travel from battle to trading fortune, from horse dealing to captivity, and to the love of three very different women and the unrelenting enmity of two remarkable men.