The 2014 Medieval Warfare Special issue is entirely dedicated - all 84 pages - to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. It's like a normal issue, except it'll have more pages, more articles, more maps and more illustrations! Medieval Warfare Special 2014: 1453 - The Conquest of Constantinople with:

- Eugenia Russel, Historical introduction - the destruction of the Oikoumeni

- Kenneth Cline, Constantine XI - no room to maneuver

- Murat OEzveri, Mehmed 'the Conqueror' - A sultan of paradoxes

- Nicola Bergamo, Venice, Genoa and Byzantium - difficult 'trio'

- Konstantin Nossov, The walls of Constantinople

- Stephen Bennett & Nils Visser, The Conquest of Constantinople

- Murray Dahm, Fallout - Contemporary reactions to the loss of Constantinople

- Lukasz Rozycki, The fall of the Old World through the eyes of the "Polish janissary"

- Raffaele D'Amato, The last defenders - the Roman army

- Vassilis Pergalias, The final opponents - the Ottoman army

- Ben Sheppard, Aftermath

About the Author
Dirk van Gorp has a MA in ancient history from Radboud University, Nijmegen. He was the editor of Medieval Warfare magazine 2011-2015.


Book Information
ISBN 9789490258108
Author Dirk van Gorp
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Karwansaray BV
Publisher Karwansaray BV