HIST 331,    Medieval Mediterranean
(Also listed as CORE 365, JC)

Spring Semester 2010

Presentation 5:

This presentation will report on the Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453 and its repercussions for the Mediterranean world.

Readings:

Stephen Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople

Nicolo Barbaro, Account of the Fall of Constantinople

Greek account of the fall of Constantinople

Islamic account of the liberation of Constantinople

 


Prepared 11 January 2006

Updated 15 March, 2010

T. Vann

Department of History / College of Saint Benedict/St. John's University

www.csbsju.edu

email  tvann@csbsju.edu