Constantinople : capital of Byzantium / Jonathan Harris.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Jonathan (Author)
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Istanbul (Turkey) > History > To 1453.
Istanbul (Turkey) > Civilization.
Civilization.
Turkey > Istanbul.
HISTORY / Europe / Medieval.
To 1453
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:ix, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • City of wonders
  • Founding fathers
  • The God-guarded city
  • Palaces and power
  • Churches and monasteries
  • 'Two thirds of the wealth of this world'
  • Democracy
  • Outsiders
  • The Latin interlude
  • Indian summer
  • The ruin of Byzantine Constantinople
  • Byzantine Constantinople today.