Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xvii, 265 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-251) and index. |
Contents |
The sons of Osman -- The boy Sultan -- The conquest of Constantinople -- Istanbul, capital of the Ottoman Empire -- Europe in terror -- War with Venice -- The house of Felicity -- The Renaissance court in Istanbul -- The conquest of Negroponte -- Victory over the White Sheep -- Conquest of the Crimea and Albania -- The siege of Rhodes -- The capture of Otranto -- Death of the conqueror -- The sons of the conqueror -- The tide of conquest turns -- The conqueror's city. |
Summary |
A portrait of the Turkish conqueror offers insight into the factors and characteristics that enabled his capture of Constantinople; his thirty-year reign; and his confrontations in the face of papal crusades. |
Subject |
Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481.
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Turkey -- History -- Mehmed II, 1451-1481.
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Turkey -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9781590202487 |
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1590202481 |
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