{"product_id":"byzantine-constantinople-the-walls-of-the-city-and-adjoining-historical-sites-paperback-9781108014564","title":"Byzantine Constantinople; The Walls of the City and Adjoining Historical Sites (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108014564","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eByzantine Constantinople\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Walls of the City and Adjoining Historical Sites\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed description of the walls of Byzantine Constantinople with illustrations, maps and plans.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexander Van Millingen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108014564, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages, 20 b\/w illus.  8 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOne of the most detailed works describing the walls of this renowned city, Alexander Van Milligen's Byzantine Constantinople: The Walls of the City and Adjoining Historical Sites (1899) is of use to anyone interested in Byzantine architecture, the Byzantine Empire, and medieval history more generally. Van Milligen uses his expertise as a historian who had lived and taught in Constantinople to provide a detailed account of the Byzantine capital before it fell in 1453. Complete with meticulous verbal descriptions, illustrations, maps and plans, Van Milligen combines historical accounts with physical surveys, tracing Constantinople's expansion. He describes how the city spread and how the walls adapted, pausing to outline the importance of certain structures within the city, and of the hierarchy of gates within the walls. He also includes a table of emperors to assist the general reader, while his painstaking detail makes the book useful to professional scholars as well.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The site of Constantinople - the limits of Byzantium\u003cbr\u003e 2. The city of Constantinople - its limits, fortifications, interior arrangement\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Theodosian walls\u003cbr\u003e 4. The gates in the Theodosian walls - The Golden Gate\u003cbr\u003e 5. The gates in the Theodosian walls continued\u003cbr\u003e 6. Repairs on the Theodosian walls\u003cbr\u003e 7. The palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Tekfour Serai)\u003cbr\u003e 8. The fortifcations on the north-western side of the city, before the seventh century\u003cbr\u003e 9. The walls of the Emperor Manuel Comnenus\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Tower of Anemas: The Tower of Isaac Angelus\u003cbr\u003e 11. Inmates of the Prison of Anemas\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Wall of the Emperor Heraclius: The Wall of the Emperor Leo the Armenian\u003cbr\u003e 13. The seaward walls\u003cbr\u003e 14. The walls along the Golden Horn\u003cbr\u003e 15. The walls along the Golden Horn continued\u003cbr\u003e 16. The walls along the Sea of Marmora\u003cbr\u003e 17. The harbours on the Sea of Marmora\u003cbr\u003e 18. The harbours on the Sea of Marmora continued\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Hebdomon\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Anastasian Wall\u003cbr\u003e Table of Emperors\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265936347416,"sku":"9781108014564","price":38.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108014564i.jpg?v=1694869322","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/byzantine-constantinople-the-walls-of-the-city-and-adjoining-historical-sites-paperback-9781108014564","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}