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Constantine XI Dragas Palaeologus (1404-1453) - The Last Emperor of Byzantium (Paperback)
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Constantine XI Dragas Palaeologus (1404-1453) - The Last Emperor of Byzantium (Paperback)
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Constantine 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.
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