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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Marios Philippides; Walter K Hanak |
ISBN: | 9781409410645 1409410641 9781409410652 140941065X |
OCLC Number: | 1011783724 |
Description: | xxiv, 759 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Scholarship and the siege of 1453 -- Four testimonies : a ghost, a pope, a merchant, and a boy -- A "chronicle" and its elaboration : Sphrantzes and pseudo-Sphrantzes -- Myths, legends, and tales : folk history -- The land fortifications : an impregnable fortress "thou art" or "art not" -- Prelude to the siege of 1453 -- A castle and a bombard -- Naval maneuvers : subordinate operations -- Land operations : the main targets -- Some observations on strategy -- Conclusions -- Appendices. |
Responsibility: | Marios Philippides and Walter K. Hanak. |
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