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 ...

The period from the Mamlūk reconquest of Acre (1291) to the Ottoman siege of Constantinople (1453) witnessed the production of a substantial corpus of Middle English crusade romances. Marcel Elias ...

built in 1452 during the final siege of Constantinople. From its ramparts and walls, you catch some of Istanbul's best views of the Bosphorus, and down below are fantastic outdoor eateries ...

Major events included the Seige of Nicaea (1326) and the Fall of Constantinople ... included the Battle of Covadonga (722) and the Siege of Granada (1492), marking the end of Muslim rule in ...

The Greek National Anthem is one of the most recognizable and longest of all, written by the country's "National Poet" ...

The historical plot is taken from the life of Andrew the Fool-for-Christ from Constantinople. He had a vision that the Virgin Mary appeared during the siege of Constantinople, spreading her ...

He was the son of pious parents, Sergius and Irene, who suffered for the Faith under the Iconoclast Emperor Theophilus; he was also a nephew of Saint Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Feb. 25 ...

Exiled to Constantinople by her brother ... The unexpected appearance of Aetius and his allies obliged Attila to lift his siege of Aurelianum (modern-day Orleans) and withdraw.

There are quite a few literary and cinematic works about the First Crusade, and in most of them, beginning with the anonymous ...

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of ...

After various complex episodes involving civil strife, trickery, double-crossings and other duplicitous behaviour, Constantinople’s attackers were defeated with the use of ‘Greek Fire’ a ...

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Ubisoft releases new update for Rainbow Six Siege on October 8. No new content included in latest Rainbow Six Siege update, but there are ...