Medieval Warfare Special issue: The Conquest of Constantinople

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 has more pages, more articles, more maps and more illustrations! NB: Not part of regular subscriptions!

Contents

• Eugenia Russel, 'Historical introduction – the destruction of the Oikoumeni'
• Kenneth Cline, 'Constantine XI – no room to maneuver'
• Murat Özveri, '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 – 'ontemporary 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'