| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 148 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Genealogical table -- 1. The dwindling empire -- 2. Constantine: despot at Mistra -- 3. Constantine: emperor at Constantinople -- 4. The fall of Constantinople -- 5. The death of Constantine -- 6. The immortal emperor -- 7. The dying embers -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople and Byzantium. In 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, he was last seen fighting at the city walls, but the actual circumstances of his death have remained surrounded in myth. In the years that followed it was said that he was not dead but sleeping - the 'immortal emperor' turned to marble, who would one day be awakened by an angel and drive the Turks out of his city and empire. Donald Nicol's book tells the gripping story of Constantine's life and death, and ends with an intriguing account of claims by reputed descendants of his family - some remarkably recent - to be heirs to the Byzantine throne |
| Analysis |
Byzantine Empire History, 1204-1453 |
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Byzantine Empire History, 1204-1453 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the East, 1405-1453.
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| SUBJECT |
Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the East, 1405-1453 fast |
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Konstantin XI. Byzantinisches Reich, Kaiser ca. Reg. 1449-1453 gnd |
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Constantin XI (empereur d'Orient ; 1403-1453) ram |
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Konstantin (Byzantinisches Reich, Kaiser, XI.) swd |
| Subject |
Emperors -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography
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Emperors
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Historia medieval (bizantina)
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Biografia historica.
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Empereurs -- Empire byzantin -- Biographies.
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Byzantine Empire
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Empire byzantin -- 1449-1453 (Constantin XI Dragases)
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0521414563 |
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9780521414562 |
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9780511583698 |
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0511583699 |
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0521894093 |
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9780521894098 |
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