The 25 papers widen the conventional studies of the Byzantine capital from the walled city itself to the European and Asian hinterlands, discussing such aspects

From its foundation, the city of Constantinople dominated the Byzantine world. It was the seat of the emperor, the centre of government and church, the focus of

The collected essays explore late antique and Byzantine Constantinople in matters sacred, political, cultural, and commercial.

The Ottoman Empire began in 1453 when Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, and it ended in 1924 when the final sultan, Abdulmecid, hurr

This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by John Murray in London, 1899.