This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city’s plight had been neglected, and negligible help was sent in this crisis. To the Turks, victory not only brought a new imperial capital, but guaranteed that their empire would last. To the Greeks, the conquest meant the e...
This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city’s plight had been neglected, and negligible help was sent in this crisis. To the Turks, victory not only brought a new imperial capital, but guaranteed that their empire would last. To the Greeks, the conquest meant the end of the civilisation of Byzantium, and led to the exodus of scholars stimulating the tremendous expansion of Greek studies in the European Renaissance.
“The Greeks had to answer correction by deceit, injustice by disloyal and intrigue by counter-intrigue. The story of the Greeks under Turkish rule is unedifying and melancholy. Yet, in spite of its fa...“The Greeks had to answer correction by deceit, injustice by disloyal and intrigue by counter-intrigue. The story of the Greeks under Turkish rule is unedifying and melancholy. Yet, in spite of its faults and weakness, the Church survived; and so long as the Church survived Hellenism would not die.”(展开)
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1 有用 浴面葫芦娃 2014-12-30 23:17:10
土耳其之旅行前准备用书。相较Crowley的那本，这本只有200页正文，写得简洁、畅快，特别是在城防战的三个章节中比较精彩。作者反复强调1453只是拜占庭帝国命定结局的随机选择的一个时间点，希腊学者早在之前已经开始在意大利讲学，热那亚和威尼斯商人也并非因为奥斯曼帝国攻陷君士坦丁堡而阻断商路，使其衰亡，基督教的东西分裂也并不会因为1453的围城了暂时联合，西欧诸国也不会以信仰为名组织起十字军东征。于... 土耳其之旅行前准备用书。相较Crowley的那本，这本只有200页正文，写得简洁、畅快，特别是在城防战的三个章节中比较精彩。作者反复强调1453只是拜占庭帝国命定结局的随机选择的一个时间点，希腊学者早在之前已经开始在意大利讲学，热那亚和威尼斯商人也并非因为奥斯曼帝国攻陷君士坦丁堡而阻断商路，使其衰亡，基督教的东西分裂也并不会因为1453的围城了暂时联合，西欧诸国也不会以信仰为名组织起十字军东征。于是，横跨三大洲的千年帝国就亡了。但虽知厄运注定，君士坦丁十一世率依旧领守城官兵奋战至死，决心与拜占庭共存亡。悲剧人物的伟大被作者写的极具画面感。而今日我踏在文明遗迹上追寻古代拜占庭的荣光，依稀见得君士坦丁十一世倒下时飘扬的战袍。 (展开)
0 有用 周北冥 2024-08-13 01:04:22 美国
“The Greeks had to answer correction by deceit, injustice by disloyal and intrigue by counter-intrigue. The story of the Greeks under Turkish rule is unedifying and melancholy. Yet, in spite of its fa... “The Greeks had to answer correction by deceit, injustice by disloyal and intrigue by counter-intrigue. The story of the Greeks under Turkish rule is unedifying and melancholy. Yet, in spite of its faults and weakness, the Church survived; and so long as the Church survived Hellenism would not die.” (展开)
0 有用 马千 2014-08-25 21:51:06
篇幅适中，雅俗共赏，旁征博引。有贵族潇洒文气。