On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...
May 29, 1453, is one of those landmark historical dates. On that day the fall of Constantinople occurred —and with it that of ...
Constantinople. The City of the World’s Desire. The largest city in Christendom for nearly a thousand years. Surprisingly few remember this grand city, capital of two of history’s greatest empires: ...
After I heard Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew say on "60 Minutes" that the primary site of the Orthodox Church has been in Constantinople for 17 centuries, I was inspired to do some research to ...
L'Esprit Créateur, Vol. 53, No. 4, The Turk of Early Modern France (Winter 2013), pp. 124-138 (15 pages) Thanks to the Mellon Foundation and to the National Humanities Center for support in ...
This week marks the anniversary of one of the sadder days in the history of both Christianity and the Western world, although almost no one will mark its passing. Saturday, May 29, is the anniversary ...
It’s evening in a glorious palace on the Bosporus Strait. The stars are out, and the night is lit not just by them, but also by a sea of torches and campfires that surround the city of Constantinople, ...
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