Week 4 : Conquest of Constantinople,
Mehmet II
February 1-3
Hagia Sofya, Constantinople,
Interior
No form due for this
week's reading. But please note that the form for Week 5 is due February
6. From then on, forms are due Sunday BEFORE the week in which we will
discuss the materials.
Read also: Colin
Imber, pp. 17-27 and 128-142; Goffman, pp. 51-60; Quataert, The Ottoman Empire,
1700-1922, pp. 13-20 [note differences from Goffman's account, read earlier].
Nicol is optional.
- Donald
Nicol , "Constantine XI and Mehmed
II: the Fall of Constantinople 1448-53," from his Last Centuries of Byzantium.
Study guide for Nicol .