The Greatest Misfortune in the Oikoumene Byzantine. Historiography on the Fall of Constantinople in 1453
The Greatest Misfortune in the Oikoumene.
Byzantine Historiography on the Fall of Constantinople in 1453
Author(s): Maja NikolićSubject(s): History
Published by: Balkanološki institut - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti
Keywords: Doukas; Laonikos Chalkokondyles; George Sphrantzes; Kritoboulos of Imbros; political attitude;Constantinople;
Summary/Abstract: The focus of the paper is on the manner in which the so-called Four Historians of the Fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Turks – Doukas, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, George Sphrantzes and Kritoboulos of Imbros – describe the 1453 conquest of Constantinople, revealing at the same time their different political views both on this event and on the historical reality before and after it.
Journal: BALCANICA
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 47
- Page Range: 119-134
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
