Description |
xvii, 289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index. |
Contents |
The city of wonders -- Founding fathers -- Defence -- Palaces and power -- Churches and monasteries -- 'Two thirds of the wealth of this world' -- Democracy -- The beginning of the end -- The ruin of Byzantine Constantinople -- Epilogue: Byzantine Constantinople today. |
Subject |
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- To 1453.
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ISBN |
9781847251794 hardback |
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184725179X hardback |
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