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 the city of Constantinople to survive for so long in the
face of Ottoman power. He shows how the devastating impact of its
fall lay at the centre of a series of interlocking historical
patterns which marked this time of decisive change for the late
medieval world. This concise and original study will be essential
reading for students and scholars of Byzantine and late medieval
history, as well as anyone with an interest in this significant
turning point in world history.
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