The Immortal Emperor
Author: Donald M. Nicol
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-05-09
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780521894098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first biography of the last Byzantine Emperor.
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The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453
Author: Donald M. Nicol
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993-10-14
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780521439916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Byzantine Empire, fragmented and enfeebled by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, never again recovered its former extent, power and influence. Its greatest revival came when the Byzantines in exile reclaimed their capital city of Constantinople in 1261 and this book narrates the history of this restored empire from 1261 to its conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. First published in 1972, the book has been completely revised, amended, and in part rewritten, with its source references and bibliography updated to take account of scholarly research on this last period of Byzantine history carried out over the past twenty years.
The Last Byzantine Renaissance
Author: Steven Runciman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-12-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780521097109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the last two centuries of its existence the Byzantine Empire was politically in a state of utter decadence, but, in contrast, its intellectual life has never before shone so brilliantly. In these four lectures the author discusses the leading scholars of the period, their erudition, their intense individualism, their controversies and their achievements.
Constantine XI Dragaš Palaeologus (1404–1453)
Author: Marios Philippides
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-09-03
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1351055402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConstantine XI’s last moments in life, as he stood before the walls of Constantinople in 1453, have bestowed a heroic status on him. This book produces a more balanced portrait of an intriguing individual: the last emperor of Constantinople. To be sure, the last of the Greek Caesars was a fascinating figure, not so much because he was a great statesman, as he was not, and not because of his military prowess, as he was neither a notable tactician nor a soldier of exceptional merit. This monarch may have formulated grandiose plans but his hopes and ambitions were ultimately doomed, because he failed to inspire his own subjects, who did not rally to his cause. Constantine lacked the skills to create, restore, or maintain harmony in his troubled realm. In addition, he was ineffective on the diplomatic front, as he proved unable to stimulate Latin Christendom to mount an expedition and come to the aid of south-eastern Orthodox Europe. Yet in sharp contrast to his numerous shortcomings, his military defeats, and the various disappointments during his reign, posterity still fondly remembers the last Constantine.
Manuel II Palaiologos (1350–1425)
Author: Siren Çelik
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-03-11
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1108836593
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew portrait of Manuel II Palaiologos, investigating his tumultuous reign, literary, philosophical and theological oeuvre and personal life.
Byzantium Between the Ottomans and the Latins
Author: Nevra Necipoğlu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-03-19
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 0521877385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines Byzantine political attitudes towards the Ottomans and western Europeans during the critical last century of Byzantium. It explores the political orientations of aristocrats, merchants, the urban populace, peasants, and members of ecclesiastical and monastic circles in three major areas of the Byzantine Empire in their social and economic context.
The End of Byzantium
Author: Jonathan Harris
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2011-01-25
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0300169663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy 1400, the once-mighty Byzantine Empire stood on the verge of destruction. Most of its territories had been lost to the Ottoman Turks, and Constantinople was under close blockade. Against all odds, Byzantium lingered on for another fifty years until 1453, when the Ottomans dramatically toppled the capital's walls. During this bleak and uncertain time, ordinary Byzantines faced difficult decisions to protect their livelihoods and families against the death throes of their homeland. In this evocative and moving book, Jonathan Harris explores individual stories of diplomatic maneuverings, covert defiance, and sheer luck against a backdrop of major historical currents and offers a new perspective on the real reasons behind the fall of this extraordinarily fascinating empire.
The Fall of Constantinople
Author: David Nicolle
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2007-05-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846032004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKByzantium was the last bastion of the Roman Empire following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It fought for survival for eight centuries until, in the mid-15th century, the emperor Constantine XI ruled just a handful of whittled down territories, an empire in name and tradition only. This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the history of Byzantium, the evolution of the defenses of Constantinople and the epic siege of the city, which saw a force of 80,000 men repelled by a small group of determined defenders until the Turks smashed the city's protective walls with artillery. Regarded by some as the tragic end of the Roman Empire, and by others as the belated suppression of an aging relic by an ambitious young state, the impact of the capitulation of the city resonated through the centuries and heralded the rapid rise of the Islamic Ottoman Empire.
The Fall of the Byzantine Empire
Author: Geōrgios Phrantzēs
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Early Palaeologan Renaissance (1261 - c. 1360)
Author: Edmund Fryde
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-12-28
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9004474269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Byzantine world underwent a remarkable recovery of intellectual energy in the period following the recovery of Constantinople in 1261. The reaction of the emperors and their entourage of well-educated high officials to their political disasters was a deliberate revival of the glories of ancient Greek culture. The main subject of this book is the preservation and dissemination by this learned elite of such ancient literature, philosophy and science as still survived then, the development of editorial techniques which resulted in more complete and less corrupt texts, and their improvement buy the addition of commentaries and other innovations.
