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Publisher's description -- Synopsis: This book examines the intriguing interaction between the spiritual and the political whilst reconstructs the awe-inspiring city in its heyday of 1200. Description: In the early Middle Ages, the greatest city in Europe was not Paris, London o…
For over a thousand years, Constantinople had been the center of the Western world and the defense of Christianity against Islam. Thanks to its strategic location and massive fortifications, it had withstood repeated attacks from the east. But in 1453, Mehmet II, sultan of the O…
A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and the medieval era, and the implications of the siege for the relationship between the West and Islam.
A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and the medieval era, and the implications of the siege for the relationship between the West and Islam.
This book traces the history of the Greek orthodox community of Peþra (Beyo?lu) between 1804 and 1923. It is based on parish archives and studies, through the case of Peþra, the functionning and the aspirations of christian ottoman communities a.
This book traces the history of the Greek orthodox community of Péra (Beyo?lu) between 1804 and 1923. It is based on parish archives and studies, through the case of Péra, the functionning and the aspirations of christian ottoman communities at the age of nationalism. - Ce livre…
"This study moves the acclaimed Turkish fiction writer Bilge Karasu (1930-1995) into a new critical arena by examining his poetics of memory, as laid out in his narratives on Istanbul's Beyoğlu, once a cosmopolitan neighborhood called Pera. Karasu established his fame in literar…
"This study moves the acclaimed Turkish fiction writer Bilge Karasu (1930-1995) into a new critical arena by examining his poetics of memory, as laid out in his narratives on Istanbul's Beyoğlu, once a cosmopolitan neighborhood called Pera. Karasu established his fame in literar…
"This study moves the acclaimed Turkish fiction writer Bilge Karasu (1930-1995) into a new critical arena by examining his poetics of memory, as laid out in his narratives on Istanbul's Beyoğlu, once a cosmopolitan neighborhood called Pera. Karasu established his fame in literar…