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Steven Runciman

About Steven Runciman

Sir Steven Runciman (1903-2000) was a British historian of Byzantium and the medieval Mediterranean, educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a fellow. He taught at Cambridge and later held a chair in Byzantine history and art at Istanbul during the Second World War. His books include Byzantine Civilisation, the three-volume A History of the Crusades, The Sicilian Vespers and The Great Church in Captivity. He was knighted in 1958.

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The Fall of Constantinople, 1453

Steven Runciman

1965 · Postwar Contemporary · History

The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 is Steven Runciman's narrative of the siege and capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, published by Cambridge University Press in 1965 to mark more than five centuries since the event. In about 250 pages it sets the background, narrates the siege of spring 1453 day by day, and follows the consequences for the Greeks, the Turks and Europe.

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