Istanbul

The Imperial City

John Freely (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

440 Seiten

1996
Viking (Verlag)
978-0-670-85972-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a biography of the city originally known as Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople and now called Istanbul. With a population of 10 million, it's the largest city in Turkey, adorned with splendid monuments of both Ottoman and Byzantium empires. This book gives an account of the city's history from the time of its founding up to the present day along with notes on the monuments that have survived from the successive epochs of its past. It's a biography rather than a political or architectural city with the emphasis on the life of the people and of the city.

Inhalt

Part 1 Byzantium: the Strait and the city up to c.658 BC; the Greek city-state of Byzantium c.658 BC-AD 196; Roman Byzantium 196-330. Part 2 Conatantinople: the city of Constantine 330-337; the imperial capital 337-395; the Theodosian walls 395-450; the late Roman city 450-527; the age of Justinian 527-565; the struggle for survival 565-717; the Iconoclastic crisis 717-845; born in the purple 845-1056; the dynasty of the Comneni 1056-1185; the Latin conquest 1185-1261; Renaissance and the civil war 1261-1354; the fall of Byzantium 1354-1453. Part 3 Istanbul: Istanbul - captial of the Ottoman Empire 1453-1520; the age of Suleyman the Magnificent 1520-1566; the house of Felicity 1566-1623; the procession of the Guilds 1623-1638; decline and gilded decadence 1638-1730; in the days of the Janissaries 1730-1826; the age of reform 1826-1876; the fall of the Ottman Empire 1876-1923; Istanbul under the Turkish Republic 1923-1995. Part 4 Notes on monuments and museums.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.11.1996
• Zusatzinfo: b&w photographs throughout, 8pp colour photographs, glossary, bibliography, index
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 161 x 241 mm
• Gewicht: 814 g
• Themenwelt: Bildbände ► Europa ► Türkei
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-670-85972-9 / 0670859729
• ISBN-13: 978-0-670-85972-6 / 9780670859726
• Zustand: Neuware