Constantinople
Subtitle: capital of Byzantium
By: Jonathan Harris.
Publisher: Hambledon Continuum
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781847251794
Subjects: Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- To 1453
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: The city of wonders; title: Founding fathers; title: Defence; title: Palaces and power; title: Churches and monasteries; title: 'Two thirds of the wealth of this world'; title: Democracy; title: The beginning of the end; title: The ruin of Byzantine Constantinople; title: Epilogue: Byzantine Constantinople today.